to wait on table
11wait — 1 /weIt/ verb 1 DELAY/NOT START STH (I) to not do something or go somewhere until something else happens, someone arrives etc: Hurry up! Everyone s waiting. | Wait right here until I come back. | wait for sth/sb: We had to wait over an hour for… …
12wait — /weɪt / (say wayt) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by for, till, or until) to stay or rest in expectation; remain in a state of quiescence or inaction, as until something expected happens: waiting for him to go. 2. (of things) to be in readiness …
13wait — I n. 1) to lie in wait for 2) to have a (long) wait for (we had a long wait for the bus) II v. 1) (BE) (d; intr.) to wait at (to wait at table) (cf. 3) 2) (D; intr.) to wait for (they waited for me; they waited for me to leave) 3) (AE) (d; intr.) …
14table — tableless, adj. /tay beuhl/, n., v., tabled, tabling, adj. n. 1. an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table. 2. such a piece of… …
15wait — I UK [weɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms wait : present tense I/you/we/they wait he/she/it waits present participle waiting past tense waited past participle waited *** 1) a) to stay in one place because you expect or hope that something… …
16wait — [[t]we͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ waits, waiting, waited 1) VERB: no passive When you wait for something or someone, you spend some time doing very little, because you cannot act until that thing happens or that person arrives. [V for n] I walk to a street corner …
17table — See: AT THE TABLE or AT TABLE, COFFEE TABLE, PUT ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE or LAY ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, TURN THE TABLES, WAIT AT TABLE or WAIT ON TABLE …
18table — See: AT THE TABLE or AT TABLE, COFFEE TABLE, PUT ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE or LAY ONE S CARDS ON THE TABLE, TURN THE TABLES, WAIT AT TABLE or WAIT ON TABLE …
19table — See: at the table or at table, coffee table, put one s cards on the table or lay one s cards on the table, turn the tables, wait at table or wait on table …
20wait — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French waiter, guaiter to watch over, await, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wahta watch, Old English wæccan to watch more at wake Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to stay in place in …
