Definition of waits

"waits" in the noun sense

1. delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait

time during which some action is awaited

"instant replay caused too long a delay"

"he ordered a hold in the action"

2. wait, waiting

the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something

"the wait was an ordeal for him"

"waits" in the verb sense

1. wait

stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

"I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

2. wait, hold off, hold back

wait before acting

"the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

3. expect, look, await, wait

look forward to the probable occurrence of

"We were expecting a visit from our relatives"

"She is looking to a promotion"

"he is waiting to be drafted"

4. wait, waitress

serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant

"I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"

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Quotations for waits

Charon waits for all. [ Proverb ]

Go where glory waits thee;
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me. [ Moore ]

Labor with what zeal we will.
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Echo waits with art and care
And will the faults of song repair. [ Emerson ]

Greatest scandal waits on greatest state. [ Shakespeare ]

Love waits for love, though the sun be set,
And the stars come out, the dews are wet,
And the night-winds moan. [ Dr. Walter Smith ]

His praise is lost who waits till all commend. [ Pope ]

But still I dream that somewhere there must be
The spirit of a child that waits for me. [ Bayard Taylor ]

Who waits until the winds shall silent keep,
Will never have the ready hour to sow;
Who watcheth clouds will have no time to reap. [ Helen Hunt Jackson ]

The colored slave (ink) that waits upon thought. [ Mrs. Balfour ]

The dew waits for no voice to call it to the sun. [ Rev. J. Parker ]

On wrong
Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. [ Pope ]

He that waits for dead men's shoes may go barefoot. [ Proverb ]

Guilt is ever at a loss, and confusion waits upon it. [ Congreve ]

He pulls with a long rope that waits for another's death. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. [ Lowell ]

He that waits upon another's trencher makes many a little dinner. [ Proverb ]

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. [ Samuel Johnson ]

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, His praise is lost who waits till all commend. [ Pope ]

Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards. [ Johnson ]

In life, woman must wait until she is asked to love; as in a salon she waits for an invitation to dance. [ A. Karr ]

The peasant waits until the river shall cease to flow; but still it glides on, and will glide on for all time to come. [ Horace ]

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Applause waits on success: the fickle multitude, like the light straw that floats along the street, glide with the current still, and follow fortune. [ Franklin ]

He that waits for repentance waits for that which cannot be had as long as it is waited for. It is absurd for a man to wait for that which he himself has to do. [ Nevins ]

He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who so lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die. [ Owen Feltham ]

The man who makes a success of an important venture never waits for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticised. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done. [ C. V. White ]

waits in Scrabble®

The word waits is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters waits:

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WAITS
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waits in Words With Friends™

The word waits is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters waits:

WAITS
(48)
WAIST
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In waits

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Words within the letters of waits

2 letter words in waits (6 words)

3 letter words in waits (8 words)

4 letter words in waits (4 words)

5 letter words in waits (Anagrams) (2 words)

waits + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence waits

Words that start with waits (1 word)

Words with waits in them (1 word)

Words that end with waits (4 words)

Word Growth involving waits

Shorter words in waits

it its

ai wait

it wait

Longer words containing waits

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