watch
- Noun. A portable or wearable timepiece.
- Noun. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- Noun. A person or group of people who guard.
- Noun. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: ''starboard watch'', ''port watch''.
- Noun. (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).
- Noun. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
- Verb. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
- Verb. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- Verb. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- Verb. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
- Verb. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
- Verb. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
- Verb. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
- Verb. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
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