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A delay.
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I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
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An ambush.
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They lay in wait for the patrol.
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One who watches; a watchman.
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(in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
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(in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]
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To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
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To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
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Wait here until your car arrives.
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To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
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She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
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To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
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To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
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To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
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to wait dinner
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To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.
I can hardly wait for the fun to begin!
You can't wait a moment!
I'd wait for him come to us.
After what seemed like a short wait, they boarded another plane.
The children were hungry and could hardly wait for their father to come.
You'll like it, just wait and see.
I can hardly wait for the new baby.
My education can wait, she can't.
They will come regularly every evening to particular trees, where the cunning sportsman lies in wait for them, and the distant orchards next the woods suffer thus not a little.
I'll wait until tomorrow.
But wait, there's more!
They'll have to wait for water, the same as we did.
You're only joking, I'm afraid-- Just wait till I am bigger.
We'll just wait for her.
Could you wait for me here, honey?
In any event, I won't wait so long before I take another.
She's such a little beauty I can hardly wait for the sun to set.
I called on the king, but he made me wait in his hall, and conducted like a man incapacitated for hospitality.
They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret.
In any case, there was nothing that couldn't wait to be discussed at home.
Let us wait until evening.
Just wait a minute, sir.
Finally, Howie reluctantly agreed to wait a couple of days and see how the situation played out.
Send word to the captain not to wait for me, for I have changed my mind.
Mine makes the servants wait on me and do as I tell them.
I found that it was as well for me to rest on my oars and wait his reappearing as to endeavor to calculate where he would rise; for again and again, when I was straining my eyes over the surface one way, I would suddenly be startled by his unearthly laugh behind me.
Wait till tomorrow morning, we'll find out everything tomorrow.
Wait a bit--I'm coming down.
I'm just gonna sit here and wait for the ocean drown me.
The postmaster came in and began obsequiously to beg his excellency to wait only two hours, when, come what might, he would let his excellency have the courier horses.
If you want to wait until I get off work, I'll try to leave a little early so we won't get back so late.
That was worth the wait.
Gerasim, being a servant who in his time had seen many strange things, accepted Pierre's taking up his residence in the house without surprise, and seemed pleased to have someone to wait on.
Looking at his cold face, as he sat like a stern schoolmaster who was prepared to wait awhile for an answer, Pierre felt that every instant of delay might cost him his life; but he did not know what to say.
You can go wait in the back if you want.
We could wait until Wednesday.
Wait, does this mean you have a tattoo, too?
Come. Have some tea while you wait.
Don't wait until tomorrow to go to him or you'll crawl to him on your knees.
While Dean planned to again call the state agencies in an attempt to run down Martha, he didn't have to wait.
He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.
I'll wait to touch you until after.
You will have to wait for my soul to come to her.
She had to wait for the right moment, when she wouldn't risk losing him.
Maybe the secret could wait until they had built a better foundation.
They couldn't wait much longer.
She leaned over it, unable to wait for him to complete it.
If it couldn't wait, they would have called me on my cell phone.
She didn't wait for him but flipped off her sandals and jogged down the beach, towards the abandoned lot nearby.
Wait, did you say eternity?
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