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What's The Definition Of Wait?
[n] the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"
[n] time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [v] look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [v] wait before acting [v] wait on tables; serve as a waiter; in restaurants"I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" [v] stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wait: await | delay | expect | hold | hold back | hold off | look | postponement | time lag | waiting Related Terms | Find terms related to Wait: See Also | act | ambuscade | ambush | break | bushwhack | delay | extension | hang on | hold on | hold out | hold the line | inactivity | intermission | interruption | kick one's heels | lie in wait | look for | look forward | look to | lurk | moratorium | move | pause | retardation | scupper | stand by | stick about | stick around | suspension | waylay | work Wait In Webster's Dictionary \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waiting}.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch,
attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a
guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be
awake. [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i.]
1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.]
``But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot
right well, I am but dead,'' quoth she. --Chaucer.
2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to
rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
my change come. --Job xiv. 14.
They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton.
Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait.
--Dryden.
{To wait on} or {upon}.
(a) To attend, as a servant; to perform services for; as,
to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table.
``Authority and reason on her wait.'' --Milton. ``I
must wait on myself, must I?'' --Shak.
(b) To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for
ceremony.
(c) To follow, as a consequence; to await. ``That ruin
that waits on such a supine temper.'' --Dr. H. More.
(d) To look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to
watch. [R.] ``It is a point of cunning to wait upon
him with whom you speak with your eye.'' --Bacon.
(e) To attend to; to perform. ``Aaron and his sons . . .
shall wait on their priest's office.'' --Num. iii. 10.
(f) (Falconry) To fly above its master, waiting till game
is sprung; -- said of a hawk. --Encyc. Brit.
\Wait\, v. t. 1. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders. Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, And wait with longing looks their promised guide. --Dryden. 2. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await. [Obs.] 3. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect. [Obs.] He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all His warlike troops, to wait the funeral. --Dryden. Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, And everlasting anguish be thy portion. --Rowe. 4. To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner. [Colloq.] \Wait\, n. [OF. waite, guaite, gaite, F. guet watch, watching, guard, from OHG. wahta. See {Wait}, v. i.] 1. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt. There is a wait of three hours at the border Mexican town of El Paso. --S. B. Griffin. 2. Ambush. ``An enemy in wait.'' --Milton. 3. One who watches; a watchman. [Obs.] 4. pl. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular. [Obs.] --Halliwell. 5. pl. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [Written formerly {wayghtes}.] Hark! are the waits abroad? --Beau & Fl. The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony. --W. Irving. {To lay wait}, to prepare an ambuscade. {To lie in wait}. See under 4th {Lie}. |
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