watches

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular present of watch. Use this form with he, she, or it.

   She watches the sunrise from her balcony every morning.

   The dog watches the door whenever someone leaves the house.

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of watch. Use this form when you mean more than one.

   He collects old watches made in the early 1900s.

   Both watches showed slightly different times.

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3. 3
   nounarchaic

   A wild plant from the southern United States that traps insects inside its tall, tube-shaped leaves.

   Like a deep, slippery cup that bugs fall into and cannot climb out of.

   The boggy clearing was thick with watches, their hooded leaves glistening in the sun.

   She knelt to study a cluster of watches growing at the edge of the swamp.

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