'Waiting' definitions:
Definition of 'waiting'
From: WordNet
adjective
Being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" [syn: waiting, ready and waiting(p)]
noun
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him" [syn: wait, waiting]
Definition of 'Waiting'
From: GCIDE
- Wait \Wait\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waited; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiting.] [OE. waiten, OF. waitier, gaitier, to watch, attend, F. guetter to watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a guard, watch, G. wacht, from OHG. wahh[=e]n to watch, be awake. [root]134. See Wake, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- "But [unless] ye wait well and be privy, I wot right well, I am but dead," quoth she. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart. [1913 Webster]
- All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. --Job xiv. 14. [1913 Webster]
- They also serve who only stand and wait. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Haste, my dear father; 't is no time to wait. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- To wait on or To wait upon. (a) To attend, as a servant; to perform services for; as, to wait on a gentleman; to wait on the table. "Authority and reason on her wait." --Milton. "I must wait on myself, must I?" --Shak. (b) To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony. (c) To follow, as a consequence; to await. "That ruin that waits on such a supine temper." --Dr. H. More. (d) To look watchfully at; to follow with the eye; to watch. [R.] "It is a point of cunning to wait upon him with whom you speak with your eye." --Bacon. (e) To attend to; to perform. "Aaron and his sons . . . shall wait on their priest's office." --Num. iii. 10. (f) (Falconry) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk. --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waiting'
From: GCIDE
- Waiting \Wait"ing\, a. & n. from Wait, v. [1913 Webster]
- In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. [Eng.]
- Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of rank.
- Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waiting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about to be,
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- already in sight,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- anxiety,
- apprehension,
- approaching,
- at hand,
- attendant,
- attending,
- awaiting,
- brewing,
- certain,
- cliff-hanging,
- close,
- close at hand,
- coming,
- confident,
- dalliance,
- dallying,
- dawdling,
- dillydallying,
- dread,
- eager,
- expectant,
- expectant waiting,
- expecting,
- forearmed,
- forestalling,
- forewarned,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- gaping,
- gathering,
- going to happen,
- helping,
- hopeful,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impendent,
- impending,
- in anticipation,
- in danger imminent,
- in expectation,
- in prospect,
- in reserve,
- in store,
- in the cards,
- in the offing,
- in the wind,
- in view,
- instant,
- lingering,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- looming,
- lowering,
- lurking,
- menacing,
- menial,
- ministering,
- near,
- near at hand,
- nearing,
- not surprised,
- on the horizon,
- optimistic,
- overhanging,
- pessimism,
- prepared,
- preparing,
- ready,
- sanguine,
- servile,
- serving,
- servitorial,
- sure,
- suspense,
- tarriance,
- tarrying,
- that will be,
- threatening,
- to come,
- uncertainty,
- unsurprised,
- upcoming,
- waiting for,
- watching for
Words containing 'Waiting'
- In waiting,
- To wait on,
- Wait,
- Waited,
- Waitingly,
- wait on,
- waite,
- waits,
- Lady in waiting,
- To lay wait,
- To lay wait for,
- To lie in wait,
- To wait upon,
- Wait-a-while,
- Waite Hill,
- Waite Park,
- Waiting gentlewoman,
- Waiting maid,
- Waiting woman,
- call waiting,
- lie in wait,
- lying in wait,
- morrison waite,
- ready and waiting,
- waiting area,
- waiting game,
- waiting line,
- waiting list,
- waiting room,
- Wait-a-bit,
- Waite Hill, OH,
- Waite Park, MN,
- lady-in-waiting,
- morrison r. waite,
- morrison remick waite