Dagens Engelsk ord

watch

armbandsur

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

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.

Svenska > Engelsk

armbandsur

1. n-n. wristwatch

Uttal

Exempelmeningar

Give me the watch.
    Ge mig klockan.
"What's the time?" - "I don't have a watch."
    "Vad är klockan?" "Jag har ingen klocka."
Watch how I do it.
    Titta på hur jag gör det.
Who's on watch?
    Vem håller utkik?
Can you watch the kids?
    Kan du vakta ungarna?

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