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Meaning of "watch fire" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATCH FIRE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATCH FIRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Watch fire is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WATCH FIRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of watch fire in the English dictionary

The definition of watch fire in the dictionary is a fire kept burning at night as a signal or for warmth and light by a person keeping watch.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATCH FIRE

watch
watch cap
watch chain
Watch Committee
watch it!
watch night
watch night service
watch one´s step
watch out
watch pocket
watch stem
watch-glass
watchable
watchband
watchbox
watchcase
watchcry
watchdog
watchdog committee
watchdogged

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATCH FIRE

anti-aircraft fire
baptism of fire
battery fire
brush fire
catch fire
coal fire
fire
forest fire
friendly fire
gas fire
hang fire
like a house on fire
line of fire
liquid fire
no smoke without fire
on fire
open fire
rapid fire
red fire
set the world on fire
under fire

Synonyms and antonyms of watch fire in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «watch fire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATCH FIRE

Find out the translation of watch fire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of watch fire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «watch fire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

看火
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ver fuego
570 millions of speakers

English

watch fire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आग घड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشاهدة الحريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смотреть огонь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assistir fogo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগুন দেখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

regarder le feu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menonton api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feuer beobachten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

火を見る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불을 보고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nonton geni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nơi canh giư chửa cháy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வா வா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आग पहा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ateşi izle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guardare il fuoco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oglądać ogień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивитися вогонь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceas foc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρακολουθήσετε φωτιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kyk vuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

titta brand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

se brann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of watch fire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCH FIRE»

The term «watch fire» is normally little used and occupies the 120.824 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATCH FIRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «watch fire» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «watch fire» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about watch fire

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATCH FIRE»

Discover the use of watch fire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to watch fire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Watch fire: poems
This is a collection including poems from Christopher Merrill's first two books as well as later poems.
Christopher Merrill, David St. John, 1995
2
VINTROPEDIA - Vintage Computer and Retro Console Price Guide ...
... wide screen 250.00 nintendo game and watch fire attack id-29 jp 1982 wide screen 100.00 nintendo game and watch fire fr-27 jp 1981 wide screen 110.00 nintendo game and watch fire rc-04 jp 1980 silver series 150.00 nintendo game and ...
Michael Starr, Craig Chapple, 2008
3
The Secret Traditions of the Shinobi: Hattori Hanzo's ...
Supplement: Making a Watch Fire within a Three-Walled Embankment The construction of a watch fire is written in full in Sonae no Sho, the second volume of this scroll.21 However, how to make one during the rain and wind is written here.
Antony Cummins, Yoshie Minami, 2012
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Militant Citizenship: Rhetorical Strategies of the National ...
The NWP reinforced the ubiquity of the woman suffrage movement by conducting “Watch Fire” protests in Boston and New York, within close proximity to the president as he promoted the League of Nations. On February 24, NWP members ...
Belinda A. Stillion Southard, 2011
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Soldiers Once: My Brother and the Lost Dreams of America's ...
The flames build slowly at first, then grow and leap eagerly at the sky, sparks exploding off the logs and bursting upwards toward the stars. The roaring watch fire illuminates the dark waters of the Hudson River, faintly lighting the land beyond.
Catherine Whitney, 2009
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A New Greek and English Lexicon; principally on the plan of ...
TlvpopéTpris, ov, and irvpoperpij- rr)s, oO, ò, a wheat measurer. ïlvpòv, ov, rò, a watch-fire in a camp, generally in the plur. Th. irvp. WipoirâXapos, êee irvpiráXapos. TlvpowoíiciXos, ov, adj. specklcd with red spots. Th. irvp, jroucí- Xos.
James Donnegan, 1842
7
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches
I'll need to build a watch fire near the forest's edge but that will only take a moment.” The watch fire built, Emel was hesitant to leave its warmth. Returning with Ebony Lightning to unsheltered skies seemed an unpleasant proposition and he did ...
Robert Stanek, 2008
8
Sea weeds and heath flowers; or, Memories of Mona
Beneath the hill the watch-fire glows, Fast falls the arrowy rain, And fiercely from the frozen North The tempest sweeps the plain. I pace, a lonely sentinel, Upon the wild plateau, And picture to my yearning soul The hopes of long ago, In that ...
Eliza Craven Green, 1858
9
The Black Son: What Makes You Tick
When you break the clan taboo and watch fire burn, the new and interesting experience is so powerful that your 3-level brain not only grows new brain-cell connections, but it also grows new brain cells. Your watch-the-fire-god part of your ...
D. Brooklyn, 2008
10
Fire and Water Engineering
In the Bulletin prepared by me for use in the public schools of the state, I refer to this subject in the following paragraphs: “There is also a class of persons who are mentally un— balanced and who possess an unnatural desire to watch fire as it ...
‎1919

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATCH FIRE»

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Watch fire put out using sound waves
A pair of engineering students from George Mason University in Virginia have created a device that can put out a blaze using only a blast of sound. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»

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