English to English

wave

(w/eI/v )

noun (n)

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)(noun.event)

Synonym:
moving ridge

source: wordnet30
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon(noun.act)

Example:
A wave of settlers.
Troops advancing in waves.

source: wordnet30
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth(noun.event)

Synonym:
undulation

source: wordnet30
something that rises rapidly(noun.event)

Example:
A wave of emotion swept over him.
There was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed.
A wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right.

source: wordnet30
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand(noun.communication)

Synonym:
wafture, waving

source: wordnet30
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
an undulating curve(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)(noun.phenomenon)

Example:
A heat wave.

source: wordnet30
a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.(noun)

source: webster1913
Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

signal with the hands or nod(verb.communication)

Example:
She waved to her friends.
He waved his hand hospitably.

Synonym:
beckon

source: wordnet30
move or swing back and forth(verb.contact)

Example:
She waved her gun.

Synonym:
brandish, flourish

source: wordnet30
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion(verb.motion)

Example:
The waves rolled towards the beach.

Synonym:
flap, roll, undulate

source: wordnet30
twist or roll into coils or ringlets(verb.contact)

Synonym:
curl

source: wordnet30
set waves in(verb.body)

Example:
She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair.

source: wordnet30
See Waive.(verb)

source: webster1913
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move one way and the other; to brandish.(verb)

source: webster1913

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