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1. Watch
   Watch is British slang for a gullible person.
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2. Watch
   Watch is British slang for a gullible person.
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3. watch
   [n] - the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty 2. [n] - a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship`s crew are on duty 3. [n] - a small portable timepiece 4. [n] - a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe 5. [v] - follow with the eye...
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4. WATCH
   Working Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals. An official working party which assesses toxicological data, epidemiology studies and other data relating to chemical substances in order to recommend appropriate control limits.
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5. watch
   (1)Period of time, normally four hours, into which a nautical day is divided. (2)Group into which crew is divided for duty; port or starboard watch if into two watches. To keep, or stand, a watch is to be on duty for a watch Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries<...
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6. Watch
   Watch (wŏch) noun [ Middle English wacche , Anglo-Saxon wæcce , from wacian to wake; akin to Dutch wacht , waak , German wacht , wache . √134. See Wake , intra...
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7. Watch
   Watch intransitive verb [ Confer Anglo-Saxon wœccan , wacian . √134. See Watch , noun , Wake , intransitive verb ] 1. To be awake; to be or continue witho...
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8. Watch
   Watch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Watched ; present participle & verbal noun Watching .] 1. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose;...
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9. watch
   1. 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. 'Shepherds keeping watch by night.' (Milton) 'All the long night their mournful watch ...
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10. watch
    noun a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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11. watch
    noun a small portable timepiece
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12. watch
    noun a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship`s crew are on duty
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13. watch
    watch out verb be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one`s guard, be careful; `Watch out for pickpockets!`
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14. watch
    verb observe with attention; `They watched as the murderer was executed`
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15. Watch
    • (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. • (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. • (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does d...
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16. watch
    portable timepiece that has a movement driven either by spring or by electricity and that is designed to be worn or carried in the pocket.[8 related articles]
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17. watch
    
    • a small portable timepiece
    • a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
    • a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
    • the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
    
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18. WATCH
    Working Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals (set up under the HSE) (UK)
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19. watch
    another name for a shift. This use is being popularized in the U.S. by CNN Headline News and by the NBC television series Third Watch.
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20. WATCH
    A forecast issued well in advance of a severe weather event to alert the public of the possibility of a particular hazard, such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash and river floods, winter storms, or heavy snows.
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21. watch
    watch, small, portable timepiece usually designed to be worn on the person. Other kinds of timepieces are generally referred to as clocks. At one time it was generally believed that the first watches were made in Nuremburg, Germany, c.1500. However, there is now evidence that watches may have appear...
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22. Watch
    A watch is a portable timepiece carried in the pocket or commonly worn upon band around the wrist.
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23. Watch
    Watch is the collective noun for a group of nightingales.
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24. watch
    Portable timepiece. In the early 20th century increasing miniaturization, mass production, and convenience led to the watch moving from the pocket to the wrist. Watches were also subsequently made waterproof, antimagnetic, self-winding, and shock-resistant. In 1957 the electric watch was deve...
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25. WATCH
    The day at sea is divided into six four hour periods. Three groups of watchstanders are on duty for four hours and then off for eight, then back to duty. Seamen often work overtime during their off time.
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