1. To watch for; to look out for.
2. To wait on, serve, or attend.
3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect; SYN. expect.
4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.

1. To consider reasonable or due.
2. To regard something as probable or likely; SYN. anticipate.
3. To look forward to the probably occurrence of; SYN. look, await, wait.
4. To look forward to the birth of a child.

To hold the phone line open; SYN. hold the line, hold on.

1. To fight to a stand-off, as in sports
2. When you hold off or hold off doing something, you delay doing it.

1. To grip; to keep one's hand upon.
2. To continue; to go on.

1. To wait uncompromisingly for something desirable.
2. When a supply of something is enough for your needs, the supply holds out.
3. When you hold out, you resist an attack, pressure, or temptation or you continue to survive in a dangerous situation.

(Homonym: weight).
1. To stay in one place and anticipate or expect something.
2. To wait before acting; SYN. hold off, hold back.
3. To wait on tables; serve as a waiter; in restaurants.

To delay going to bed; stay up