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- (verb): To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
- (verb): To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
- (verb): To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- (verb): To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
- (verb): To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
- (verb): To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
- (verb): To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.
- (noun): Watching.
- (noun): The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
- (noun): Attendance, service.
- Wait here until your car arrives.
- She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
- to wait dinner