See Also: sura(1)(dictionary)
sura(dictionary)
sura(2)(dictionary)
sura(medicine)
Waiting(medicine)
waiting(2)(dictionary)
waiting(1)(dictionary)
lady-in-waiting(dictionary)
Waiting for Godot(dictionary)
waiting list(dictionary)

sura(1) (iou) and waiting(2) (iou)


sura(1) (iou)



sura noun1. L16.
[Sanskrit sura alcoholic liquor, Wine, surakara coconut palm.]
Hist. A drink made from the fermented sap of various species of palm; toddy.

waiting(2) (iou)



waiting verbal noun. ME.
[from WAIT verb + -ING1.]
The action of WAIT verb; spec. (a) a lying in wait, ambush; (b) watch, observation; (c) attendance on a social superior; (d) official attendance at court; one's period or term of this; (e) expectation, expectancy; remaining stationary or inactive in expectation of something; (f) the parking of a vehicle for a short time at the side of a road etc. (chiefly in no waiting).
lady-in-waiting: see LADY noun & adjective. lord-in-waiting: see LORD noun.
Comb.: waiting game a tactic in a contest etc. whereby one refrains from action in the earlier part so as to act more effectively at a later stage; waiting-list a list of people waiting for a thing, as selection, accommodation, treatment, etc., not immediately available; waiting move Chess: intended to exploit a situation whereby the necessity to move is a disadvantage; waiting problem Chess: for which the key is a waiting move; waiting race: in which the superiority of the winner is designedly not displayed until near the end of the course; waiting-room: provided for people obliged to wait for a service etc., as in a railway station or at a doctor's or dentist's; waiting time time spent waiting, as for a service, computer process, etc.