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alleged that a press campaign was being waged against him.

waged /weid3d/ adj. 1 (of a person A) having regular paid work ^ I ^ 69 ; W M M # SW X A 69 : waged workers A HI I A # 2 (of work I A) for which you are paid W69; U?fr69: waged employment ASH

0^3 the waged noun [pi.] people who have regular paid work X if EftM) # X $$ 69 A [333

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'wage earner noun a person who earns money, especially a person who works for wages #H69A;

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'wage packet noun (BrE) - pay packet wager /'weid39(r)/ noun, verb

■ noun (old-fashioned or formal) an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event f] Jit EBd BET

■ verb (old-fashioned or formal) 1 ~ (sth) (on sth) | ~ sth/sb

that ... to bet money fj$f; jf ( |ti± ) BBD3 bet_; [V] She always wagered on an outsider. M A # AX

AKrfl^tJft69S»±o 9 [VN] to wager £50 on a horse f£— E5'^t± jf 50 ^1169 If X 0 [VN that] I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him. 3% T 7 A I# X fI If, It:&&lfclM^JMlllo 2 [V (that)] used to say that you are so confident that sth is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it fJIf;_; fTfil® H771 bet : I’ll wager that she knows more about it than she’s saying. fSffcfTIf, M^iI69t£Mi£69W^o

wag gish /'waegiJV adj. (old-fashioned) funny, clever and not serious it69; fT$£69: waggish remarks {ft waggle /'waegl/ verb (informal) to make sth move with short movements from side to side or up and down; to move in this way XA® fl/T [VN] Can

you waggle your ears? 16 it A A ® #9 b% ? [also V]

► wag-gle noun

Wag-ner-ian /vcug'marian; NAmE -'mr-/ adj. 1 related to the music of the German composer Richard Wagner; typical of this music 69, Dt&^fN[fnJxl^69

( fall® A®• K&fft ) 2 (humorous) very big or great, or in a style that is too serious or exaggerated EA69; ®A69; jiTAA ( ). 69: ahangoverof

Wagnerian proportions $ll 69 It S? S.$L wagon /'waegan/ .noun 1 (BrE) (NAmE 'freight car) a railway/railroad truck for carrying goods ( ) A7

AM, A ^ 2 (BrE also waggon) a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads ® ® A A ( vjt A A ) 3 (NAmE)

= trolley(2) — see also bandwagon, station wagon H32J be/go on the 'wagon (informal) to not drink alcohol, either for a short time or permanently ( fgp

wag-on-load /'waeganlaud; NAmE -loud/ noun an amount of goods carried on a wagon IgA A MU inf; S, Aic ^

'wagon train noun a long line of wagons and horses, used by people travelling west in N America in the 19th century ( 19 l£*EliSA®Ma#69 ) wag-tail /'waegteil/ noun a small bird with a long tail that moves up and down when the bird is walking

(A^ittmiiT).

wah-wah /'wa: wa:/ noun [U] (music ) a special effect made on electric musical instruments, especially the guitar, which varies the quality of the sound (Ata nf

B69 ) “BiRi”

waif /weif/ noun a small thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have enough to eat ‘M A 69 A; ( ) MODELS69 A®: the wai/s and strays

of our society (= people with no home) fynit^69A.jL

► 'waif-like adj.: waif-like young girls ®jtflJU£69HA wail /weil/ verb, noun

■ verb 1 [V] to make a long loud high cry because you are

sad or in pain ( 1$$:: The little

girl was wailing miserably. UP 7 A flTtii# tl" A UA 0 women wailing and weeping fiU£$iL$669#il A 2 to cry or complain about sth in a loud high voice A A Bf Bi]; %

BOH moan: [V speech] ‘It’s broken,’ she wailed. “fT#7₀ ” MA^bi]]®., o [V] There’s no point wailing about something that happened so long ago. A

■ [V] (of things tl) to

make a long high sound :

Ambulances raced by with sirens wailing. A ^ A

ffiillilo ► wail ing noun [sing., U]: a high-pitched wailing

• noun a long loud high cry expressing pain or sadness; a sound similar to this ( ^^^bt^N*A:i69 ) ijrtil,

EYI71 moan: a wail of despair £6M690 the distant wail of sirens MhWjf fg69B4n|n] wains cot /'weinskat/ noun (old use) = skirting board waist 0"w /weist/ noun

1 the area around the middle of the body between the ribs and the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below S; S h|5 : He put his arm around her waist. ffe# X'fT fife 69 S o <> She was paralysed from the waist down (= in the area below her waist). MAS nPtiTfft iiTo 9 The workmen were stripped to the waist (= wearing no clothes on the top half of their bodies). IAMil'o — picture o body 2 the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist ( A IS 69 ) SnP, IS: a skirt with an elasticated waist SnPA^Mⁱf^69^A 3 -waisted (in adjectives A Wis]) having the type of waist mentioned A •• S 69 ; M#--69: a high-waisted dress

waist-band /'weistbaend/ noun the strip of cloth that forms the waist of a piece of clothing, especially at the top of a skirt or trousers/pants AMS; SA; ( jtfm ') HIS, #$S: an elasticated waistband waist-coat /'weiskaut; NAmE usually 'weskat/ (BrE) (NAmE vest) noun a short piece of clothing with buttons down the front but no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket, often forming part of a man’s suit ( ®IR69 ) If A — picture o page R20 .waist-'deep adj., adv. up to the waist ff SA69; ±M SM69 : The water was waist-deep. 7jCgSio O We waded waist-deep into the muddy water. iSASS

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.waist-'high adj., adv. high enough to reach the waist A SA69; i^SS§P69 : waist-high grass ASi^69^ 9 The grass had grown waist-high. ^A^ASi^To waist-line /‘weistlain/ noun 1 the amount that a person measures around the waist, used to talk about how fat or thin they are SIS: an expanding waistline MitriffA 69 S 0 2 the place on a piece of clothing where your waist is ( AM69 ) S§P, S EEEJ waist wait 0"w /weit/ verb, noun

m verb 1 ~ (for sb/sth) to stay where you are or delay doing sth until sb/sth comes or sth happens

► H: [V] She rang the bell and waited. M © # B %

► o O Have you been waiting long? f/jt# 7 At AT B% ? <>

I’ve been waiting (for) twenty minutes. flc^T—TA#h 0 Wait for me! ! 0 We’re waiting for the rain to

stop before we go out. MfAT#th Ao 0 I’ll

wait outside until the meeting’s over. $c H A A ffi # 3\ &

<> [V to inf] Hurry up! We’re waiting to go. fTA JL, o [VN] You’ll just have to wait your

turn (= wait until your turn comes). #% % If f &SI A 7r ₀ 2 ~ (for sth) to hope or watch for sth to happen, especially for a long time ( Ala AMUfe ) 8ft-M,

: [V] Leeds United had waited for success for eighteen years. ©7A A A tS E!At‘ A A 7 o <> This is just the

opportunity I’ve been waiting for. jAiEUflc "lLAffll#69

TLAo 0 He’s waiting for me to make a mistake. i&JEM o [VN] I waited my chance and slipped out when no one was looking. IS# H fll, M A ii M H iS 7 tB Ao 3 be waiting (of things M-’W) to be ready for sb to have or use A ; A%3\; A_: [V]

There’s a letter waiting for you at home. MM A if f@ o o [V to inf] The hotel had a taxi waiting to collect us.

■ [V] to be left to be

dealt with at a later time because it is not urgent jtiS; MS; I’ve got some calls to make but they

can wait until tomorrow, fie AAA AiSSctT, 7MAIII

CM an ,accident/a di saster waiting to happen a thing or person that is very likely to