Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of watch
"She watched the rain fall against the window while waiting for her coffee to brew."
In plain English: Watched means to look at something carefully for a period of time.
"She watched the birds fly south for the winter."
Watched is the past tense of watch, which comes from Old English wæccan meaning to keep awake or be vigilant. It entered Middle English with the sense of guarding against danger before evolving to mean observing something attentively.