night watch
A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the nightA watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
» Last night, we watched television together.
Вчера вечером мы вместе смотрели телевизор.
Meaning
4 sensesA watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.
a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
One or more of the guards on such a watch.
One of the watches kept on a marine vessel.
The sailors standing such a watch.
Examples
22 sentencesLast night, we watched television together.
ruВчера вечером мы вместе смотрели телевизор. — odexed
I was up all night watching videos.
Tom stayed up all night, watching videos.
I spent the whole night watching videos.
deIch habe mir die ganze Nacht Videos angesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom falls asleep every night watching TV.
ruТом каждый вечер засыпает перед телевизором. — marafon
deTom schläft jeden Abend beim Fernsehen ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old EnglishFrom Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”).
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Forms
plural: night watchesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.):graveyard watchmiddle watchmidwatch