"чекали" meaning in Ukrainian

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "чека́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čekály",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "чека́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "чека́ли • (čekály)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "čekáty",
          "word": "чека́ти"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past imperfective of чека́ти (čekáty)"
      ],
      "id": "en-чекали-uk-verb-GZ0kbz5v",
      "links": [
        [
          "чека́ти",
          "чекати#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃeˈkaɫe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чекали"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "чека́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čekály",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "чека́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "чека́ли • (čekály)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ukrainian",
  "lang_code": "uk",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ukrainian non-lemma forms",
        "Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ukrainian verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "čekáty",
          "word": "чека́ти"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past imperfective of чека́ти (čekáty)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "чека́ти",
          "чекати#Ukrainian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃeˈkaɫe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "чекали"
}