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watching
watch W0043000 (wŏch)v. watched, watch·ing, watch·es v.intr.1. To look or observe attentively or carefully; be closely observant: watching for trail markers.2. To look and wait expectantly or in anticipation: watch for an opportunity.3. To act as a spectator; look on: stood by the road and watched.4. To stay awake at night while serving as a guard, sentinel, or watcher.5. To stay alert as a devotional or religious exercise; keep vigil.v.tr.1. To look at steadily; observe carefully or continuously: watch a parade.2. To guard, keep surveillance on, or spy on: watched the prisoner all day; watched the house to see who came and went.3. To observe the course of mentally; keep up on or informed about: watch the price of gold.4. To pay close attention to or be careful about, especially with regard to propriety: watched his manners.5. To tend or take care of (children or a flock of sheep, for example). See Synonyms at tend2.n.1. The act or process of keeping awake or mentally alert, especially for the purpose of guarding.2. a. The act of observing closely or the condition of being closely observed; surveillance.b. A period of close observation, often in order to discover something: a watch during the child's illness.3. A person or group of people serving, especially at night, to guard or protect.4. The post or period of duty of a guard, sentinel, or watcher.5. Any of the periods into which the night is divided; a part of the night.6. Nautical a. Any of the periods of time, usually four hours, into which the day aboard ship is divided and during which a part of the crew is assigned to duty.b. The members of a ship's crew on duty during a specific watch.c. A chronometer on a ship.7. a. A period of wakefulness, especially one observed as a religious vigil.b. A funeral wake.8. A small portable timepiece, especially one worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket.9. A flock of nightingales.Phrasal Verbs: watch out To be careful or on the alert; take care. watch over To be in charge of; superintend.Idioms: watch it To be careful: had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice. watch (one's) step1. To act or proceed with care and caution.2. To behave as is demanded, required, or appropriate.
[Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæccan, to watch, be awake; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | watching - the act of observing; taking a patient lookobservance, observationlooking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"monitoring - the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times"sighting - the act of observing; "several sightings of enemy troops were reported"stargazing - observation of the stars |
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What does it mean when you dream about watching something?Watching something in a dream could reflect suspicion, though it could also simply be a message from our subconscious that we need to pay more attention to something. A dream about watching could also be alluding to the meaning of a common idiom, such as “watch your back,” “a watched pot never boils,” “it’s like watching grass grow,” “watch the clock,” etc. MedicalSeeWATCHLegalSeeWatchwatching
Synonyms for watchingnoun the act of observingSynonymsRelated Words- looking
- looking at
- look
- monitoring
- sighting
- stargazing
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