Look up: watch

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   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 eyes or the mind 6. [v] - be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one`s guard, be careful 7. [v] - see or watch 8. [v] - look attentively 9. [v] - observe or determine by looking 10. [v] - observe with attention
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   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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   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 • the service performed by a qualified operator when on duty in the radio room of a vessel ...
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   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 , intransitive verb ] 1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observatio ...
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   Watch
   Watch intransitive verb [ Confer Anglo-Saxon wœccan , wacian . √134. See Watch , noun , Wake , intransitive verb ] 1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil. « I have two nights watched with you.» Shak. « Couldest thou not watch ...
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   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; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature. « Saul also sent mess ...
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   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 they keep.' (Addison) ... Watch was formerly distin ...
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   watch
   noun a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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   watch
   noun a small portable timepiece
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    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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    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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    watch
    verb observe with attention; `They watched as the murderer was executed`
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    Watch
    A `watch` is a timepiece that is to be worn on a person, as opposed to a clock which is not. The term now usually refers to a `wristwatch`, which is worn on the wrist with a strap, while a pocketwatch, the common type before World War I, is carried in a pocket and often has an attached chain to lift it out. Watches evolved in the 1600s from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 1400s. In addition to the time, modern watches often display t...
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    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 duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the pla...
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    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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/13
    
    
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    watch
    
    1. a small portable timepiece
    2. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
    3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
    4. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
    
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    WATCH
    Working Group on the Assessment of Toxic Chemicals (set up under the HSE) (UK)
    Found on http://www.cefic.org/glossary/shwGlossar
    
    
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    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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    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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    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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