I.
noun
1 instrument for telling the time
ADJECTIVE
▪ digital
▪ analogue/analog , mechanical ( esp. AmE )
▪ pocket , wrist (usually wristwatch )
▪ sports
▪ designer
▪ antique
▪ quartz
▪ diamond , gold , silver
VERB + WATCH
▪ check , consult , glance at , look at
▪ reset , set
▪
Don't forget to set your ~ to local time.
▪ synchronize
▪
Let's synchronize our ~es.
▪ wind
▪
Quartz ~es don't need winding.
▪ have on , wear
▪ put on
▪ take off
WATCH + VERB
▪ go , work
▪
My ~ is ten years old and it's still going.
▪ stop
▪
Sorry I'm late—my ~ has stopped.
▪ be slow , lose sth
▪
My ~ loses a minute each day.
▪ be fast , gain sth
▪ read sth ( esp. AmE ), say sth , show sth
▪
My ~ says three o'clock.
▪ beep
▪
Her wrist ~ beeped.
WATCH + NOUN
▪ face
▪ band (usually watchband ) ( AmE ), strap ( BrE )
▪ battery
2 guard
ADJECTIVE
▪ careful , close , vigilant ( esp. BrE )
▪
I kept a close ~ on my bag as I sat on the train.
▪
They kept a vigilant ~ for the enemy.
▪ constant
▪ night
▪ flood , hurricane ( esp. AmE ), storm , tornado ( esp. AmE )
▪
We have tornado ~es in effect for a lot of Florida.
▪ suicide
▪
prisoners on suicide ~
▪ neighbourhood/neighborhood
VERB + WATCH
▪ keep , stand
▪
Two soldiers were ordered to keep ~ for enemy aircraft.
▪ put
▪
The garrison commander had put an extra ~ on the prisoners.
▪ post
▪
That night they posted ~es.
▪ maintain
▪
The authorities maintained a careful ~ over the establishment.
▪ issue ( AmE )
▪
They're in charge of issuing the tornado ~es.
WATCH + NOUN
▪ committee
▪ tower
▪ list ( AmE )
▪
the terrorist ~ list
PREPOSITION
▪ on ~
▪
Some of the crew were sleeping, while others were on ~.
▪ on the ~ for
▪
Cats are constantly on the ~ for mice or other small mammals.
PHRASES
▪ keep ~ over sb/sth , stand ~ over sb/sth
▪
She keeps ~ over the inmates.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , closely
▪
She ~ed the man closely to see where he would go.
▪ attentively , avidly , eagerly , expectantly , intensely ( esp. AmE ), intently
▪ curiously
▪
I could see Robby ~ing curiously.
▪ absently , idly , lazily
▪ calmly , impassively , numbly , passively
▪ patiently
▪
I spent hours patiently ~ing the eagles.
▪ anxiously , apprehensively , helplessly , nervously , warily
▪
She ~ed helplessly as her husband was dragged away.
▪ open-mouthed
▪ enviously
▪
He leant in and kissed her as I ~ed enviously.
▪ amusedly ( AmE ), in amusement , with amusement
▪ covertly , secretly
▪ in silence , quietly , silently
▪ just , merely , simply
▪
I love just ~ing the world go by.
▪ religiously
▪
My father religiously ~ed the show every Friday night.
VERB + WATCH
▪ could only
▪
They could only ~ in silence as their possessions were taken away.
▪ continue to
▪ pause to , stay to , stop to
▪
They stopped to ~ the procession go by.
▪ let sb
▪
He let me ~ while he assembled the model.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
We ~ed for any sign of change in the weather.
▪ from
▪
They ~ed from an upstairs window.
▪ in
▪
She ~ed in astonishment as he smashed the machine to pieces.
▪ over
▪
Maria asked Amelia to ~ over her daughter.
▪ with
▪
He ~ed with great interest how she coaxed the animals inside.
PHRASES
▪ sit and ~ , stand and ~
▪
She stood and ~ed them walk off down the road.
▪ ~ and wait
▪
He couldn't get in touch with her, so he would just have to ~ and wait.
▪ widely ~ed
▪
the most widely ~ed national news bulletins in the country
Watch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye , ↑ fan , ↑ tongue , ↑ viewer
Watch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ baseball , ↑ basketball , ↑ broadcast , ↑ calorie , ↑ cartoon , ↑ channel , ↑ clip , ↑ clock , ↑ collapse , ↑ commercial , ↑ concert , ↑ coverage , ↑ credit , ↑ cricket , ↑ crowd , ↑ dawn , ↑ demonstration , ↑ destruction , ↑ disc , ↑ display , ↑ documentary , ↑ drama , ↑ DVD , ↑ edition , ↑ end , ↑ episode , ↑ execution , ↑ exit , ↑ expression , ↑ fight , ↑ figure , ↑ film , ↑ firework , ↑ football , ↑ game , ↑ golf , ↑ headline , ↑ hockey , ↑ intake , ↑ kid , ↑ language , ↑ match , ↑ movement , ↑ movie , ↑ news , ↑ parade , ↑ performance , ↑ play , ↑ programme , ↑ progress , ↑ recording , ↑ reflection , ↑ replay , ↑ rugby , ↑ scene , ↑ scenery , ↑ screen , ↑ sheep , ↑ show , ↑ sky , ↑ soap opera , ↑ soccer , ↑ spectacle , ↑ sunset , ↑ tape , ↑ television , ↑ tennis , ↑ thriller , ↑ traffic , ↑ trailer , ↑ video , ↑ videotape , ↑ waistline , ↑ weight