Crossword clues for watching
watching
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Watch \Watch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Watched; p. pr. & vb. n. Watching.]
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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.
Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to watch him, and to slay him.
--1 Sam. xix. 11I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.
--Landor.In lazy mood I watched the little circles die.
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To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
And flaming ministers, to watch and tend Their earthy charge.
--Milton.Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.
--Broome.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who watches. vb. (present participle of watch English)
WordNet
n. the act of observing; taking a patient look [syn: observation, observance]
Wikipedia
Watching is a British television sitcom, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network and broadcast for seven series and four specials between 1987 and 1993.
The series was written by Jim Hitchmough and starred Paul Bown and Emma Wray as mismatched couple Malcolm Stoneway and Brenda Wilson.
"Watching" is a 1983 song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step and Side Kick. The single peaked at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1983.
Usage examples of "watching".
She went into the ablutions area and took a shower, trying to ignore the thing, which continued to watch her, or she presumed it was watching her, through its unblinking golden eye-slit.
The cooking, I can tell you, kept her nose to the pot, and even if there was nothing in it, even if there was no pot, she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same.
While they worked, Lukien leaned against the wagon, absently watching the stars appear.
He watched it, then dropped another daisy into the water, and after that another, and sat watching them with bright, absolved eyes, crouching near on the bank.
She flexed the controls, watching the moire patterns of stress and acceleration shift, trying to correlate them with what she was feeling.
Already a bit bewildered by their flurry of Classical references and Latin maxims, he was lost when Acer and George exchanged a few lines in French, watching out of the corner of their eyes to see if he had understood.
The trees had the thickest of canopies, stunningly clothed in the reds and golds and russets of their autumn canopies: I spent many an hour while Achates slept in my arms watching their seductive dancing against the sky.
Down in the village decisions were made, things were done, life went on in the knowledge that in her old wheeled shepherding hut on the hills Granny Aching was there, watching.
In despair, she saw the clock tick down to zero, watching as Rennell resisted acknowledging his incapacity.
A sound like poor dead Acton might make, watching his own remains rotting out there on the rift?
The Supreme Council had been supreme in fact, not just in name, and the Adjutors simply an advisory arm of the government charged with watching finances and expenditures.
Archer thought as he glanced aftward, where Malcolm stood by watching.
Alek said dispassionately, watching Agate come forward out of the corner of his eye.
As Ray and the other dogs rushed to join the melee, Ake slowly got out of the hovercraft, stretched his legs, and waved knowingly at a figure standing and watching all the commotion from a respectful distance.
In his dreams he was watching his father from six-year-old eyes, submerged to test depth on the old sub his father had commanded, and in the mirror was a child staring back at him wearing coveralls with a dolphin pin, and he went into the stateroom and Alameda was there, wearing something filmy and she began kissing him and she climbed into his rack with him.