amerikai:
brit:
1. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
2. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Wait here until your car arrives.
3. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
to wait dinner
7. To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.
1. Watching.
2. The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
3. Attendance, service.