Definitions of time:

• noun:   the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
• noun:   a person's experience on a particular occasion

  Example: "He had a time holding back the tears"

• noun:   an instance or single occasion for some event

  Example: "This time he succeeded"

• noun:   an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)

  Example: "He waited a long time"

• noun:   a suitable moment

  Example: "It is time to go"

• noun:   a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something

  Example: "Take time to smell the roses"

• noun:   the time as given by a clock

  Example: "Do you know what time it is?"

• noun:   the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
• noun:   rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
• noun:   the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

  Example: "He is doing time in the county jail"

• verb:   adjust so that a force is applied an an action occurs at the desired time

  Example: "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"

• verb:   regulate or set the time of

  Example: "Time the clock"

• verb:   assign a time for an activity or event

  Example: "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"

• verb:   set the speed, duration, or execution of

  Example: "We time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

• verb:   measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time