Engels Woord van de dag

watch

horloge

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

watch

1. (ik) kijk

2. (je) kijkt

3. (we) kijken

4. horloge

Engels > Engels

watch

1. n. A portable or wearable timepiece.

More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.

2. n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

3. n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.

The second watch of the night began at midnight.

4. n. A person or group of people who guard.

The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

5. n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

6. n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.

7. n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).

8. n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

9. v. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.

Watching the clock will not make time go faster.

I'm tired of watching TV.

10. v. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.

Watch this!

Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.

11. v. To mind, attend, or guard.

Please watch my suitcase for a minute.

He has to watch the kids that afternoon.

12. v. To be wary or cautious of.

You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.

13. v. To attend to dangers to or regarding.

watch your head; watch your step

Watch yourself when you talk to him.

Watch what you say.

14. v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.

15. v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.

For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.

16. v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.

17. v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.

18. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

Nederlands > Engels

horloge

1. n-n. (Netherlands) watch (wearable timepiece)

2. n-n. (Belgium) any timepiece (watch or clock)

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

You better watch your back.
    Je zou beter kunnen oppassen.
Watch yourself.
    Pas goed op jezelf.
Do you watch the news every day?
    Kijk je elke dag naar het nieuws?
I should be studying English, but I'd rather watch a movie.
    Eigenlijk zou ik Engels moeten leren, maar ik kijk liever een film.
I asked him if he wanted a watch.
    Ik vroeg hem of hij een horloge wilde.

Vorige woorden herzien

long	mirror	handbag	school desk
eighteen	red	hour	beer
living room	blink	small	pear
syringe	cymbal	underwear	seventy-nine

Willekeurig

thigh	sing	street	fifty-eight
petrol	engineer	boot	chest of drawers
fifty	bird	pain killer	spanner
air pump	groceries	lemon	eyelash

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