Definition of waited:
(v) :
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
(v) :
(intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
(v) :
(intransitive) To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence.
(n) :
A delay.
(v) :
(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
(n) :
An ambush.