watch

Definition

• n. a small portable timepiece
• n. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
• n. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
• n. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

Word forms

Present participle

watching

Past tense

watched

Past participle

watched

Third person singular

watches

Example sentences

1. n.

   I bought a new watch to help me keep track of time.

2. vt.

   Please watch the baby while I prepare dinner.

3. vi.

   We like to watch movies together on the weekends.