wait

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[delay]] [[movement]] or [[action]] until some event or time; to [[remain]] neglected or in readiness.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|stative|US}} To [[wait tables]]; to serve customers in a [[restaurant]] or other [[eating]] [[establishment]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|now|rare}} To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to [[await]]. (Now generally superseded by “[[wait for]]”.)
4. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[attend]] on; to [[accompany]]; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To attend as a consequence; to [[follow]] upon; to [[accompany]].
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|colloquial}} To [[defer]] or [[postpone]] (especially a meal).
7. {{lb|en|obsolete|except in phrases}} To watch with [[malicious]] intent; to [[lie in wait]]
8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To remain [[faithful]] to one’s [[partner]] or [[betrothed]] during a [[prolonged]] period of absence.

Noun

1. A [[delay]].
2. An [[ambush]].
3. {{lb|en|computing}} {{ellipsis of|en|wait state}}.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} One who watches; a watchman.
5. {{lb|en|in the plural|obsolete|UK}} [[hautboy|Hautboys]], or oboes, played by town musicians.
6. {{lb|en|in the plural|UK}} Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly [[waites]], [[wayghtes]].]

Interjection

1. {{lb|en|informal}} Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment, often to allow [[clarification]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|Japanese|_|mahjong}} The last [[tile]] a [[player]] requires to [[complete]] a winning [[hand]]

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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