watch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the period during which someone, especially a guard, is on duty

   My watch lasted from midnight until dawn.

2. 2
   verb

   observe with attention

   They watched as the murderer was executed

3. 3
   verb

   look attentively

   watch a basketball game

4. 4
   noun

   A portable or wearable timepiece.

   Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband

5. 5
   noun

   The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

   shepherds keeping watch by night

6. 6
   noun

   A particular time period when guarding is kept.

   The second watch of the night began at midnight.

7. 7
   noun

   A person or group of people who guard.

   The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

8. 8
   noun

   The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

   He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch.

Etymology

From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną.