English Words: W

Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved.

To await more favourable circumstances.

To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.

Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa.

Synonym of wait-a-bit.

Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.

Implementing a wait/notify functionality.

Alternative form of wait a minute in rapid speech.

A locality in the Bay of Islands Northland region, North Island, New Zealand.

Archaic spelling of wait.

simple past and past participle of wait

One who is waiting for service.

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife

The work of a waiter, attending on somebody.

The realm or sphere of waiters.

Having a waiter or waiters.

The role or status of a waiter.

gerund of waiter: the work of a waiter, serving customers at their tables with food and drink.

Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.

Without a waiter.

Resembling or characteristic of a waiter.

Characteristic of a waiter or waitress.

The role or status of a waiter.

second-person singular simple present indicative of wait

third-person singular simple present indicative of wait

A hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district, of Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA202006).

A period of limbo faced by young college graduates in developing countries, in which activities belonging to the traditional transition into adulthood, such as marriage and buying a home, are put off to allow the securing of employment or money.

present participle and gerund of wait

waiting room

A strategy or course of action in which one or more parties refrain from direct action until circumstances change in their favor.

An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.

A lady's female servant.

A room in a public place for people to wait.

A small roofed structure where intending passengers can wait for a train or bus to arrive.

Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.

Bound to happen; almost certain to occur in the future.

So as to wait; hesitatingly or loiteringly.

A waiting list.

A person on a waiting list.

A cryptid of New Zealand, said variously to be a mammal resembling an otter, platypus or beaver, and to live in rivers.

A waiter or waitress.

A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

Resembling or characteristic of a waitress.

Of or pertaining to waitresses.

A waiter or waitress.

The observation that the opening of a Waitrose supermarket may increase property prices in the local area.

Characteristic of the upmarket Waitrose supermarket chain

plural of wait

A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.