Keep and Watch

Keep

Keep verb - To look after and make decisions about.
Usage example: enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away

Watch is a synonym for keep in avoid topic. In some cases you can use "Watch" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Watch

Watch verb - To take notice of and be guided by.
Usage example: watch what I do when I run into that kind of problem

Keep is a synonym for watch in avoid topic. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Watch", if it concerns topics such as guard.

Nearby Words: watchful, watched, watcher, watching

How words are described

old old keep old watch
good good keep good watch
valuable valuable keep valuable watch
full full keep full watch
Other adjectives: better, fast, original, open, small, powerful, big.

Common collocations

life keep life watch life
people keep people watch people
job keep job watch job
children keep children watch children
Other words: show, time, way, world, mouth, everyone, kids, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • Supernatural: You or someone you love could become possessed by a demon, who will use your body and let your mind be unconscious (if they're feeling generous), or alternatively, keep you awake to watch the horrible things they do while you're unable to move your body.
  • Having to work dorm guard duty or some similar job that is typically on a rotating watch (the main purpose being to keep unauthorized people, usually members of the opposite gender, out of the dorms).
  • Safe return to the Seven Kingdoms but in exchange she would need to marry his son, to keep her under watch instead of killing her like Robert wanted.
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