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