wait

fe’l verb

1. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness. Wait here until your car arrives.
2. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment. She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
3. To defer or postpone (especially a meal). to wait dinner
4. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)

ot noun

1. A delay. I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
2. An ambush. They lay in wait for the patrol.
3. One who watches; a watchman.
4. (in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.