watch

v. see, look; pay attention; supervise, safeguard; be careful; observe; be alert; guard; keep a vigil

n. small clock that is usually worn on the wrist, wristwatch; patrolling; guarding; patrol or guard duty; crew or persons on duty; state of alert (Meteorology); observation

A watch is a timepiece or portable clock that displays the time and sometimes the day, date, month and year. In past centuries, these often took the form of pocket watches, which today are seldom carried or worn. In modern usage, watch is usually a contraction of wristwatch, a name for the most popular style of timekeeping device worn on the wrist.
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(v. t.)
To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
  

(v. t.)
To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
  

(v. i.)
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
  

(v. i.)
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
  

(v. i.)
To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
  

(v. i.)
To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
  

(v. i.)
To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
  

(v. i.)
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  

(v. i.)
The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
  

(v. i.)
The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
  

(v. i.)
One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
  

(v. i.)
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
  

(n.)
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
  

(n.)
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
  

An NWS product indicating that a particular hazard is possible, i.e., that conditions are more favorable than usual for its occurrence. A watch is a recommendation for planning, preparation, and increased awareness (i.e., to be alert for changing weather, listen for further information, and think about what to do if the danger materializes).

To dream of a watch, denotes you will be prosperous in well-directed speculations. To look at the time of one, your efforts will be defeated by rivalry. To break one, there will be distress and loss menacing you.

To drop the crystal of one, foretells carelessness, or unpleasant companionship. For a woman to lose one, signifies domestic disturbances will produce unhappiness. To imagine you steal one, you will have a violent enemy who will attack your reputation.

To make a present of one, denotes you will suffer your interest to decline in the pursuance of undignified recreations.