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WATCH OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Follow with the eyes or the mind
Example:
She followed the men with the binoculars
Synonyms:
follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "watch over" is one way to...):
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)
Verb group:
follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "watch over"):
keep tabs on (keep a record on or watch attentively)
guard (to keep watch over)
invigilate; proctor (watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The children watch over the ball
Context examples:
I hope you will be a great deal better, dear, but you must keep watch over your 'bosom enemy', as father calls it, or it may sadden, if not spoil your life.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Alleyne Edricson bent his head while the Abbot poured out his heartfelt supplication that Heaven would watch over this young soul, now going forth into the darkness and danger of the world.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Watch over details as you move forward, for Mercury retrograde will make you rush, and regrettably, in the process you may become forgetful and distracted.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Henry returned to what was now his only home, to watch over his young plantations, and extend his improvements for her sake, to whose share in them he looked anxiously forward; and Catherine remained at Fullerton to cry.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I hope, said Van Helsing, that when you are sending the child home you will caution its parents to keep strict watch over it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"Which would Mademoiselle choose if she had her will?" asked Esther, who always sat near to watch over and lock up the valuables.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
All round, in the edge of the circle of the light, stood the castle servants, the soldiers who were to form the garrison, and little knots of women, who sobbed in their aprons and called shrilly to their name-saints to watch over the Wat, or Will, or Peterkin who had turned his hand to the work of war.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They are bewitched, and are obliged to watch over a great treasure which is below in the tower, and they can have no rest until it is taken away, and I have likewise learnt, from their discourse, how that is to be done.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
God grant that we may be guided aright, and that He will deign to watch over my husband and those dear to us both, and who are in such deadly peril.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
