watch.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
Meaning & usage
A portable or wearable timepiece.
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.
He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
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.
A person or group of people who guard.
The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
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).
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
A group of nightingales.
Where this word comes from
As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.
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.
To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
Watch this!
Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
To mind, attend, or guard.
Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
To be wary or cautious of.
You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
To attend to dangers to or regarding.
watch your head; watch your step
Watch yourself when you talk to him.
To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
To be vigilant or on one's guard.
For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
To act as a lookout.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
To be awake.
To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Cognate with Dutch wekken, German wecken, Danish vække, Norwegian Bokmål vekke, Norwegian Nynorsk vekkja, Swedish väcka, Faroese and Icelandic vekja.
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