wait in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
wait in Urdu اُردُو
wait in English
- wait⇄expr. lie in wait, to stay hidden ready to attack.
Ex. Robbers lay in wait for the travelers. Huge piles of bones and tusks mark their camps beside the Don and other rivers in southern Russia, where they lay in wait for game migrating from winter t - wait⇄expr. wait for it, (British.) wait till you hear this (used to prefigure a surprise).
Ex. But--wait for it--an unimpeachable scientific source maintains that Loch Ness is probably one of the most unpolluted stretches of water (Manchester Guardian W - wait⇄expr. wait on (or upon),
a. to be a servant to; fetch and carry for.
Ex. to wait on a sick child.
b. to give one's attention to and try to fill the needs of (a customer).
Ex. Will you wait on me, please?
c. to serve as a - wait⇄expr. wait out,
a. to wait until the end of.
Ex. He and his wife started to wait out the war in a modest flat in Montmartre (New Yorker).
b. (Baseball.) to refrain from swinging at the pitches of, in the hope of getting a base on ball - wait⇄expr. wait up, (Informal.) to stay out of bed (until the arrival of someone or something).
Ex. Did you wait up long? I'll wait up for him until midnight. - wait⇄expr. waits, a group of singers and musicians who go about the streets singing and playing at Christmastime.
Ex. The sound of the waits ... breaks upon mid-watches of a winter night (Washington Irving). - wait⇄noun 1. the act or time of waiting.
Ex. a long wait between trains, a three-hour wait for dinner. He had a long wait at the doctor's office.
2. the time of an audience's waiting between acts, or of an actor's waiting between appearances on s - wait⇄v.i. 1a. to stop doing something or stay until someone comes or something happens.
Ex. Let's wait in the shade. The dog waited patiently just outside the door.
(SYN) tarry, linger, remain, abide.
b. to defer or suspend, as speech or a - wait⇄v.t. 1. to wait for; await.
Ex. to wait one's chance, opportunity, turn, or time. Go wait me in the gallery (Beaumont and Fletcher).
2. (Informal.) to delay or put off.
Ex. I'll be late; don't wait dinner for me.
3. (Obsolete.) - wait⇄wait, verb, noun.