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| patience |
the willingness or ability to wait calmly when faced with delay. [1/3 definitions] |
| patient |
willing or able to wait calmly when faced with delay or obstacles, or when tempted to take immediate action. [1/7 definitions] |
| skulk |
to hide or wait in hiding; lurk. [1/3 definitions] |
| stay1 |
to cause to stop or wait; halt. [1/12 definitions] |
| waiting room |
a room provided in a doctor's office, train station, or the like, in which persons may wait. |
| waitress |
a woman employed to wait on customers, esp. in a bar, restaurant, or cafe. |
| wait up |
(informal) to stop and wait until another catches up (often fol. by "for"). [1/2 definitions] |
| watch |
to look or wait in alert expectation (usu. fol. by "for"). [1/10 definitions] |
| waylay |
to attack or accost unexpectedly after lying in wait for. [1/2 definitions] |
| yield |
when driving, to stop and wait while allowing other vehicles to go ahead of oneself. [1/8 definitions] |
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