meaning of wait
1. Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
2. To watch; to observe; to take notice.
3. 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.
4. To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders.
5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
6. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
7. To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner.
8. The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
9. Ambush.
10. One who watches; a watchman.
11. Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
12. the act of waiting remaining inactive in one place while expecting something; "the wait was an ordeal for
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