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watch - verb

  1. To look at or on attentively or carefully: eye, observe, regard, scrutinize, survey. See awareness. see.
  2. To have the care and supervision of: attend, care for, look after, mind, minister to, see to, tend. See care for.

watch out - phrasal verb

  1. To be careful: beware, look out, mind. See awareness. careful.

watch over - phrasal verb

  1. To direct and watch over the work and performance of others: boss, overlook, oversee, superintend, supervise. See over.

watch - noun

  1. The act of observing, often for an extended time: observance, observation, scrutiny. See awareness. see.
  2. The act of carefully watching: lookout, surveillance, vigil, vigilance. See awareness.
  3. A person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over, for example: guard, lookout, picket, protector, sentinel, sentry, ward. See awareness. safety.
  4. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning(often used in plural), shift, spell, stint, stretch, time, tour, trick, turn. See time.
  5. A watch over the body of a dead person before burial: wake. See ritual.