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v. i. - The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night. ²
v. i. - One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. ²
v. i. - The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. ²
v. i. - The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night. ²
v. i. - A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. ²
n. - An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. ²
n. - That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. ²
v. i. - To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil. ²
v. i. - To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel. ²
v. i. - To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity. ²
v. i. - To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever. ²
v. i. - To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy. ²
v. t. - To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature. ²
v. t. - To tend; to guard; to have in keeping. ²

The word "watch" uses 5 letters: A C H T W.

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Words formed by adding one letter before or after watch (in bold), or to achtw in any order:
k -   thwack   s -   swatch   u -   waucht  

Shorter words found within watch:
act   ah   at   aw   cat   caw   chat   chaw   ha   hat   haw   ta   tach   taw   thaw   twa   wat   wha   what  

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