wait

  1. Verb.  (transitive, now) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by "wait for".).
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
  4. Noun.  A delay.
  5. Noun.  An ambush.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
  7. Noun.  (plural, obsolete) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
  8. Noun.  (plural, archaic) 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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