Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.

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Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.
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..
Waiting :: Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking fo.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
Twaite :: Twaite (n.) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
Handmaiden :: Handmaiden (n.) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Man :: Man (v. t.) To wait on as a manservant.
Gallivant :: Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan..
Waited :: Waited (imp. & p. p.) of Wai.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Lackey :: Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..
Queue :: Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
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