Domaine vs. Watch

Domainenoun

(wine) A vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.

Watchnoun

A portable or wearable timepiece.

‘More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.’;

Watchnoun

The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

Watchnoun

A particular time period when guarding is kept.

‘The second watch of the night began at midnight.’;

Watchnoun

A person or group of people who guard.

‘The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.’;

Watchnoun

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

Watchnoun

(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.

Watchnoun

(nautical) 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).

Watchnoun

The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

Watchverb

(transitive) 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.’;

Watchverb

(transitive) 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.’;

Watchverb

(transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.

‘Please watch my suitcase for a minute.’; ‘He has to watch the kids that afternoon.’;

Watchverb

(transitive) To be wary or cautious of.

‘You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.’;

Watchverb

(transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.

‘watch your head;’; ‘watch your step’; ‘Watch yourself when you talk to him.’; ‘Watch what you say.’;

Watchverb

(intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.

Watchverb

(intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.

‘For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.’;

Watchverb

(intransitive) To act as a lookout.

Watchverb

To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.

Watchverb

To be awake.

Watchnoun

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.

‘Shepherds keeping watch by night.’; ‘All the long night their mournful watch they keep.’; ‘Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.’; ‘Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins when ward ends, and ends when that begins.’;

Watchnoun

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

‘Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.’;

Watchnoun

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

‘He upbraids Iago, that he made himBrave me upon the watch.’;

Watchnoun

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.

‘I did stand my watch upon the hill.’; ‘Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge, or village cockCount the night watches to his feathery dames.’;

Watchnoun

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

Watchnoun

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

Watchverb

To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

‘I have two nights watched with you.’; ‘Couldest thou not watch one hour ?’;

Watchverb

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

‘Take ye heed, watch and pray.’; ‘The Son gave signal highTo the bright minister that watched.’;

Watchverb

To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

‘My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning.’;

Watchverb

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.

Watchverb

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

Watchverb

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.

‘Saul also sent messengers unto David's house to watch him, and to slay him.’; ‘I must cool a little, and watch my opportunity.’; ‘In lazy mood I watched the little circles die.’;

Watchverb

To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

‘And flaming ministers, to watch and tendTheir earthy charge.’; ‘Paris watched the flocks in the groves of Ida.’;

Watchnoun

a small portable timepiece

Watchnoun

a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

Watchnoun

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

Watchnoun

the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

Watchnoun

a person employed to watch for something to happen

Watchnoun

a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

Watchverb

look attentively;

‘watch a basketball game’;

Watchverb

follow with the eyes or the mind;

‘Keep an eye on the baby, please!’; ‘The world is watching Sarajevo’; ‘She followed the men with the binoculars’;

Watchverb

see or watch;

‘view a show on television’; ‘This program will be seen all over the world’; ‘view an exhibition’; ‘Catch a show on Broadway’; ‘see a movie’;

Watchverb

observe with attention;

‘They watched as the murderer was executed’;

Watchverb

be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful;

‘Watch out for pickpockets!’;

Watchverb

observe or determine by looking;

‘Watch how the dog chases the cats away’;

Watchverb

find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

‘I want to see whether she speaks French’; ‘See whether it works’; ‘find out if he speaks Russian’; ‘Check whether the train leaves on time’;

Watchverb

look at or observe attentively over a period of time

‘as she watched, two women came into the garden’; ‘Lucy watched him go’; ‘everyone stopped to watch what was going on’;

Watchverb

keep under careful, protective, or secret observation

‘he told me my telephones were tapped and that I was being watched’; ‘there aren't enough staff to watch him properly’;

Watchverb

observe and guard in a protective way

‘I guess I can rest a while, with you here to watch over me’;

Watchverb

follow closely or maintain an interest in

‘the girls watched the development of this relationship with incredulity’;

Watchverb

exercise care, caution, or restraint about

‘you should watch what you say!’; ‘most women watch their diet during pregnancy’;

Watchverb

look out or be on the alert for

‘in spring and summer, watch for kingfishers’; ‘watch out for broken glass’;

Watchverb

be careful

‘credit-card fraud is on the increase, so watch out’;

Watchverb

be careful (used as a warning or threat)

‘if anyone finds out, you're dead meat, so watch it’;

Watchverb

remain awake for the purpose of religious observance

‘she watched whole nights in the church’;

Watchnoun

a small timepiece worn typically on a strap on one's wrist

‘my watch had stopped’;

Watchnoun

an act or instance of carefully observing someone or something over a period of time

‘the security forces have been keeping a close watch on our activities’;

Watchnoun

a period during which a person is stationed to look out for danger or trouble, typically at night

‘Murray took the last watch before dawn’;

Watchnoun

a fixed period of duty on a ship, usually lasting four hours

‘sea air, lots of exercise, and four-hour watches give everyone a healthy appetite’;

Watchnoun

the officers and crew on duty during a watch.

Watchnoun

a shift worked by firefighters or police officers

‘the men of Red Watch at Kingsland Fire Station’;

Watchnoun

a watchman or group of watchmen who patrolled and guarded the streets of a town before the introduction of the police force

‘the woman, with a piercing shriek, called the watch’;

Watchnoun

a film or programme considered in terms of its appeal to the public

‘this movie's an engrossing watch’;

Watchnoun

a flock of nightingales

‘a watch of nightingales began flying south’;

Watch

A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities.