Watch
41watch — 1. Observe. Kia i, ho okia i; ka aka a (rare). Watch carefully, nānā pono, maka kilo, kilo, hakakaupili. Watch or you ll be hurt, mālama o pā (see pā4). Watch out! Mālama pono! 2. Timepiece. Uwaki, uaki. Wrist watch, uwaki… …
42watch — 1. a traditional unit of time, defined as the time a sentry stands watch or a ship s crew is on duty. In ancient Rome, the night was divided into four watches, each roughly three hours long. More recently, one watch is usually equal to 4 hours …
43watch — [OE] Ultimately, watch and wake are the same word. The two verbs share a common ancestor (prehistoric Germanic *wakōjan), and to begin with watch was used for ‘be awake’ (‘He sleepeth on the day and watcheth all the night’, John Lydgate, 1430).… …
44watch — {{11}}watch (n.) O.E. wæcce a watching, from wæccan (see WATCH (Cf. watch) (v.)). Sense of sentinel is recorded from c.1300; that of person or group officially patroling a town (esp. at night) to keep order, etc. is first recorded 1530s. Meaning… …
45watch — [OE] Ultimately, watch and wake are the same word. The two verbs share a common ancestor (prehistoric Germanic *wakōjan), and to begin with watch was used for ‘be awake’ (‘He sleepeth on the day and watcheth all the night’, John Lydgate, 1430).… …
46watch it — phrasal : look out : be careful you got live ammunition there … watch it Wirt Williams * * * watch it informal used to tell someone to be careful Watch it! You nearly knocked over that lamp! • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
47watch — A timepiece carried on the person. A force of guards or watchmen on duty at one time. That part of the officers and crew of a vessel on duty at one time. R. H. Dana, in his Dictionary of Sea Terms defines the word as a certain portion of a ship s …
48watch — 1. verb 1) she watched him as he spoke Syn: observe, view, look at, eye, gaze at, peer at, contemplate, inspect, scrutinize, scan; informal check out, get a load of, recce, eyeball 2) he was being watched by the police …
49watch — verb To keep guard; to stand as sentinel; to be on guard at night, for the preservation of security, peace and good order noun A division of a ship s crew. At sea, the ship s company is divided into two watches, larboard and starboard, with a… …
50Watch it! — exclam. Be careful!; Watch your step!; Careful of what you say! □ Watch it, buster! □ You’re walking on thin ice. Watch it! …
