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Definition watch

Etymology 1

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæ??e. See below for verb form.

Noun

watch (plural watches)

1. A portable or wearable timepiece.
2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
4. A person or group of people who guard.
5. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
6. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
7. (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).
8. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

Etymology 2

As a verb, from Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæ??an (from the same root as its synonym and doublet wacian, which led to wake in modern English), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wak?n?, *wakjan?. Cognate with West Frisian weitsje (“to wake, watch”), Dutch waken (“to wake, watch”), German wachen (“to wake, watch”).

Verb

watch (third-person singular simple present watches, present participle watching, simple past and past participle watched)

1. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
2. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
3. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
4. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
5. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
6. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
8. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
9. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

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