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- (noun): A portable or wearable timepiece.
- (noun): The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- (noun): A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- (noun): A person or group of people who guard.
- (noun): The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- (noun): A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
- (noun): 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).
- (noun): The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
- More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
- The second watch of the night began at midnight.
- The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
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