watch
watch is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as intransitive verb, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
- intransitive verb. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
- intransitive verb. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- intransitive verb. The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
- intransitive verb. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
- noun. An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
- noun. That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
- intransitive verb. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
- intransitive verb. To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
- intransitive verb. To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
- intransitive verb. To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
- intransitive verb. To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
- transitive verb. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
- transitive verb. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
- noun. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- noun. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- noun. a small portable timepiece
- noun. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- noun. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- noun. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- verb. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"I want to see whether she speaks French"
"See whether it works"
- verb. observe with attention
"They watched as the murderer was executed"
- verb. observe or determine by looking
"Watch how the dog chases the cats away"
- verb. look attentively
"watch a basketball game"
- verb. see or watch
"view a show on television"
"This program will be seen all over the world"
- verb. be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
"Watch out for pickpockets!"
- verb. follow with the eyes or the mind
"Keep an eye on the baby, please!"
"The world is watching Sarajevo"
Synonyms
vigil, ticker, lookout, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, ascertain, check, determine, learn, see, catch, view, follow, observe
Common word forms
watched, watcher, watches, watchful, watching, watchable, watchless, watchment
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