v. 1 tarry, linger, hold on, stay, bide (one's) time, mark time, stand by, Colloq cool (one's) heels, stick around, sit tight, hang on, Brit hang about, US hang around If you wait till I've finished this, I'll join you for dinner 2 be delayed or postponed or deferred or shelved or put off, US be tabled, Colloq be put on ice or on the back burner The quarterly sales figures can wait - we haven't yet completed those for this month 3 wait on or upon. serve, attend (to), minister (to) Rose made such a fuss that the restaurant staff refused to wait on her
n. 4 delay, pause, stay, hold-up, interval, halt, stop, stoppage, break, hiatus, lacuna, gap, respite, rest (period), intermission, discontinuation, recess There was an extra long wait between trains because of track repairs further up the line