A Quick and Simple Dictionary

watch

1. Noun.  A portable or wearable timepiece.
2. Noun.  A particular time period when guarding is kept.
3. Noun.  A person or group of people who guard.
4. Noun.  (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: ''starboard watch'', ''port watch''.
5. 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).
6. Noun.  The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
7. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
14. Verb.  (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
15. Verb.  (intransitive) To act as a lookout.