waiting

  • (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 (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)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