English words for 'a watchdog trained to attack on command'
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noun
- a watchdog trained to attack on command
- Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.
- (figurative) A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.
- (figurative) A person or other entity who fights physically on behalf of another.
- A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.
noun
- a dog trained to guard property
- A guard dog.
- a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
- (electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
- (figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- protect against a challenge or attack
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
name
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
noun
name
noun
- A guardsman.
- (countable, formal, military) An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
- (by extension, nonstandard, countable, military) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
- (countable, military) A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
- A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
- (countable, figurative) Someone who fights or toils well.
- (British, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
verb
- (intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
- (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
- (intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
- serve as a soldier in the military
noun
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
- an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
- A commando trooper.
- (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops.
noun
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
- A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
- (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
- One who ranges; a rover.
- A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
- A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
- (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
- (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
verb
noun
- (military slang) The man guarding the rear of a patrol.
- (chiefly British, slang, in World War II) The rear gunner in a bomber.
- (meteorology, slang) The southernmost thunderstorm in a band of storms, often subject to the best conditions for strengthening.
- (chiefly British, slang, in World War II) The last aircraft in a formation.
noun
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentinel crab.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
adj
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- (chiefly military) Having taken point; responsible for leading an operation; more generally, deployed and alert.
- (colloquial) Excellent; bold; performing well.
- (chiefly US, law, philosophy) Having a direct application to the case or topic under consideration; apposite, relevant.
- (ballet) On the tips of the toes; en pointe.
verb
- (military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
- To stop a flow or stream.
- (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
- To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- To prevent publication.
- (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- lessen to the point of stopping
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- bring under control by force or authority
- put out of one's consciousness
- consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
prep_phrase
noun
- a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds
- A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted.
- A gun dog used in hunting waterfowl and other birds to flush, point out, and/or retrieve the birds.
- A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee.
- A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner
- (CB slang) A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps).
- A tout.
verb
noun
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
verb
noun
- (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post.
- (motor racing) Synonym of spotter.
- A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate.
- One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
- One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
- A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.
- (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft.
- an expert who observes and comments on something
- a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
noun
- (military) The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
- (military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
- (scouting) A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
- (law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
- Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
- a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
- the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
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verb
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- (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
- (heraldry) A stylized strawberry with leaves.
- Alternative form of froise (“kind of pancake or omelette”).
- A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
- (historical) An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
- A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
- A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
- a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
- sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
noun
- A person or group of people who guard.
- The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
- The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
- (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
- A portable or wearable timepiece.
- A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
- the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- a small portable timepiece
verb
- (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
- (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
- (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
- (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
- (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
- (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
- (ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
- observe or determine by looking
- observe without intervening
- see or watch
- look attentively
noun
noun
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
noun
- (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
- Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
- (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
- A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
verb
noun
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
- (military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A stake driven into the ground.
- (card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
verb
- fasten with a picket
- serve as pickets or post pickets
- (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
- (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
- (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
- (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
noun
- a guard who keeps watch
- A guard.
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
- (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
noun
- a watchdog trained to attack on command
- Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.
- (figurative) A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.
- (figurative) A person or other entity who fights physically on behalf of another.
- A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.
noun
- a dog trained to guard property
- A guard dog.
- a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
- (electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
- (figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
verb
noun
verb
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- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- protect against a challenge or attack
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
name
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
noun
name
noun
- A guardsman.
- (countable, formal, military) An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that moves and captures by advancing one point. Once it has crossed the river, it may also move and capture one point horizontally.
- (by extension, nonstandard, countable, military) Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
- (countable, military) A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), so that its tallest and slimmest face faces the outside of the wall.
- A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
- (countable, figurative) Someone who fights or toils well.
- (British, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
- an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
verb
- (intransitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- (transitive, slang) To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
- (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
- (intransitive) To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
- serve as a soldier in the military
noun
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
- an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
- A commando trooper.
- (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops.
noun
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
- A roving robber; one who seeks plunder.
- (literature, roleplaying games) A warrior character, often with wilderness and stealth skill, who typically travels the countryside.
- One who ranges; a rover.
- A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
- A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
- (military) In some modern armies, an elite soldier, similar to special forces but often operating in larger units.
- (roleplaying games) A character skilled in the use of ranged weapons.
verb
noun
- (military slang) The man guarding the rear of a patrol.
- (chiefly British, slang, in World War II) The rear gunner in a bomber.
- (meteorology, slang) The southernmost thunderstorm in a band of storms, often subject to the best conditions for strengthening.
- (chiefly British, slang, in World War II) The last aircraft in a formation.
noun
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentinel crab.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
- a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
- (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.
- (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
- (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
- (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
- (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
adj
name
noun
- a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds
- A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted.
- A gun dog used in hunting waterfowl and other birds to flush, point out, and/or retrieve the birds.
- A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee.
- A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner
- (CB slang) A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps).
- A tout.
verb
noun
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- (figuratively) A prolonged assault or attack.
- The seat of a heron while looking out for prey.
- (military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
- (US) A period of struggle or difficulty, especially from illness.
- A flock of herons.
verb
noun
- (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post.
- (motor racing) Synonym of spotter.
- A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate.
- One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
- One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
- A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.
- (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft.
- an expert who observes and comments on something
- a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
noun
- (military) The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
- (military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
- (scouting) A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
- (law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
- Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
- a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
- the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
verb
noun
- A person or group of people who guard.
- The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
- The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
- (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
- A portable or wearable timepiece.
- A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
- the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- a small portable timepiece
verb
- (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
- (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
- (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
- (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
- (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
- (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
- (ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
- observe or determine by looking
- observe without intervening
- see or watch
- look attentively
noun
noun
- A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
- A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
- One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).
- A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
- An observation window.
- (construction) A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards.
- A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
- a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- an elevated post affording a wide view
- the act of looking out
noun
- (military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- (by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
- Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
- (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
- A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
- the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
verb
noun
- a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- a vehicle performing sentinel duty
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
- a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
- (military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
- (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A stake driven into the ground.
- (card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
verb
- fasten with a picket
- serve as pickets or post pickets
- (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
- (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
- (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
- (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
noun
- a guard who keeps watch
- A guard.
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
- (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
noun
- a dog trained to guard property
- A guard dog.
- a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste
- (electronics, computing) Ellipsis of watchdog timer.
- (figurative) An individual or group that monitors the activities of another entity (such as an individual, corporation, non-profit group, or governmental organization) on behalf of the public to ensure that entity does not behave illegally or unethically.
verb
verb
- (military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
- To stop a flow or stream.
- (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
- To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- To prevent publication.
- (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- lessen to the point of stopping
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- bring under control by force or authority
- put out of one's consciousness
- consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
verb
noun
- (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
- (heraldry) A stylized strawberry with leaves.
- Alternative form of froise (“kind of pancake or omelette”).
- A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
- (historical) An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
- A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
- A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
- a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
- sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes