Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.

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Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
Queue :: Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Groom :: Groom (n.) A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable..
Await :: Await (v. t.) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good..
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait for; to await.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Await :: Await (n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Remain :: Remain (v. t.) To await; to be left to.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait (on or upon).
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..
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..
Look :: Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
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