watch

Forms

1.A portable or wearable timepiece.
- He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
- More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
2.The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
3.A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- I did stand my watch upon the hill.
- The second watch of the night began at midnight.
- In the evening a tremendous thunder storm, accompanied by wind and rain. It is my watch and I find it a terrible time to act as sentry.
4.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.
- My sister showed a new watch to me.
- Did you watch TV last night?
- Shall we watch the movie now?

1.To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
- I'm tired of watching TV.
2.To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
3.To mind, attend, or guard.
- Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
- He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
4.To be wary or cautious of.
- You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.

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As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe.

See below for verb form.