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Uhr

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Englisch > Deutsch
watch
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] eine kleine Uhr
3. [2] die Wache
4. Verb:
5. [1] (intransitiv) zuschauen
6. [2] (transitiv) beobachten
7. [3] (transitiv) sich etwas ansehen, zuschauen bei
8. [4] (transitiv) aufpassen auf
9. [5] (transitiv) achten auf
[1] The world is watching.
Englisch > Englisch
watch
1. subst. A portable or wearable timepiece.
More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
2. subst. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
3. subst. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
4. subst. A person or group of people who guard.
The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
5. subst. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
6. subst. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
7. subst. (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. subst. 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.
Deutsch > Englisch
Uhr
1. n-f. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
Es ist vier Uhr. - It is four o'clock.
Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. - It is twelve minutes past four.
Wieviel Uhr ist es? - What time is it?
2. n-f. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
(hyponyms, Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr)
Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is running slow.
3. n-f. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
Wasseruhr - water meter
Gasuhr - gas meter
4. n-f. (informal) clockwise direction
mit der Uhr - clockwise
gegen die Uhr - widdershins, counterclockwise