Wait : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wait	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Wait
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wait n time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" Synonym(s): delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" Synonym(s): wait, waiting v stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets" wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" Synonym(s): wait, hold off, hold back 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" Synonym(s): expect, look, await, wait serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's" Synonym(s): wait, waitress
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wait \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wait \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[c7]n to watch, be awake. [fb]134. See {Wake}, v. i.] 1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.] [bd]But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot right well, I am but dead,[b8] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wait \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. [bd]An enemy in wait.[b8] --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}.