Definition of wait

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Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect..

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Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..
Abigail :: Abigail (n.) A lady's waiting-maid.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) 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.
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Twaite :: Twaite (n.) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.
Shad :: Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species..
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Salver :: Salver (n.) A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
Waitingly :: Waitingly (adv.) By waiting.
Duenna :: Duenna (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait..
Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Man :: Man (v. t.) To wait on as a manservant.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
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