watch
Definition of watch:
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part of speech: verb
To keep in view: to give heed to: to have in keeping: to guard.
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part of speech: noun
A repeating watch or repeater has in addition a small bell, gong, or other sounding object on which the hours, half- hours, quarters, etc., are struck on the compression of a spring. A chronometer watch or pocket chronometer isone of the finest kinds of watches fitted with a compensation balance and other devices which prevent the variations of temperature from affecting the regular movement of the watch. Watches were invented at Nuremberg about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and for a long time the wearing of a watch was considered in some degree a mark or proof of gentility. Thus Malvolio remarks in anticipation of his great fortune. " I frown the while; and perchance wind up my watch, or play with my- some rich jewel."- Shak.
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part of speech: noun
Attendance without sleep; close observation; steady look- out; a person keeping guard; a sentinel; a guard; a space of time allotted to a guard to keep watch; a time- piece adapted for pocket- use.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: verb
To be attentive; to look with attention; to keep guard; to lie in wait for; to observe attentively in order to detect or prevent; to attend on the sick during the night.
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part of speech: noun
Act of looking out: close observation: guard: one who watches or those who watch: a sentry: the place where a guard is kept: time of watching, esp. in a ship: a division of the night: a pocket timepiece. The essential parts of a watch are the dial on which the hours, minutes, and seconds are marked, the hands which move round the dial pointing to these divisions, the train of wheels which carry round the hands, etc., the blanace which regulates the motion of the wheels, and the coiled spring ( the mainspring), whose elastic force produces the motion of the whole machinery, the movement being inclosed in a protecting case usually of gold or silver.
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Common misspellings:
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Usage examples for watch:
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I won't let you go till you promise to watch me.
"His Own People" – Booth Tarkington -
" Say, f'r cat's sake, keep a watch out for Injuns and leave me alone!
"The Thunder Bird" – B. M. Bower -
Suddenly Patricia glanced at her watch
"Patricia Brent, Spinster" – Herbert Jenkins -
Don't stay here to watch me.
"The Precipice" – Elia Wilkinson Peattie
