watch
verb
[ wɒtʃ ]
• look at or observe attentively over a period of time.
• "Lucy watched him go"
Similar:
observe,
view,
look at,
eye,
gaze at,
stare at,
gape at,
peer at,
contemplate,
survey,
feast one's eyes on,
watch like a hawk,
keep a weather eye on,
inspect,
scrutinize,
scan,
examine,
study,
take in,
take stock of,
glance at,
see,
notice,
spot,
glimpse,
spy,
catch sight of,
lay one's eyes on,
perceive,
witness,
ogle,
leer at,
make eyes at,
pay attention to,
regard,
attend,
take note of,
mark,
check out,
get a load of,
recce,
eyeball,
not take one's eyes off,
take a dekko at,
take a butcher's at,
behold,
• exercise care, caution, or restraint about.
• "most women watch their diet during pregnancy"
Similar:
be careful about/of,
be aware of,
pay attention to,
consider,
bear in mind,
keep in mind,
mind,
attend to,
pay heed to,
• remain awake for the purpose of religious observance.
• "she watched whole nights in the church"
watch
noun
• a small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist.
• "my watch had stopped"
• an act or instance of carefully observing someone or something over a period of time.
• "the security forces have been keeping a close watch on our activities"
• a film or programme considered in terms of its appeal to the public.
• "this movie's an engrossing watch"
• a flock of nightingales.
• "a watch of nightingales began flying south"
Origin:
Old English wæcce ‘watchfulness’, wæccende ‘remaining awake’; related to wake1. The sense ‘small timepiece’ probably developed by way of a sense ‘alarm device attached to a clock’.
keep watch
• stay on the lookout for danger or trouble.
• "at the mouth of the stream, two young sentries kept watch"
Similar:
guard,
vigil,
lookout,
an eye,
observance,
observation,
surveillance,
vigilance,
view,
notice,
