wait

To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.

To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.

To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.

To spend an especially lengthy period of time inactively, while expecting the arrival of someone or while anticipating some other event, often impatiently and often without a satisfactory outcome.

To wait until the specified event occurs.

To wait hopelessly.

Used to draw attention to and build suspense, often ironically, for a remark to come.

To be about to become important or central.

To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.

To attend to (someone's) every need, to the point of excess.

To wait through (something): wait (through) till the end; patiently endure.

To stay awake waiting for somebody to return.