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Meaning of 'wave' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wave [ n.]
- Woe.
2 . Wave [ v. i.]
- To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
- To be moved to and fro as a signal.
- To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
- 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.
- A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
- Water; a body of water.
- Unevenness; inequality of surface.
- A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
- The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
- Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
3 . Wave [ v. t.]
- See Waive.
- To move one way and the other; to brandish.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
- To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

Meaning of 'wave' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wave [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
Example in sentence:
  • a heat wave
Meaning (2):
- something that rises rapidly
Example in sentence:
  • a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right;
  • a wave of emotion swept over him;
  • there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
Meaning (3):
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
Example in sentence:
  • a wave of settlers;
  • troops advancing in waves
4 . wave [ v]
Meaning (4):
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Example in sentence:
  • curl my hair, please
Meaning (5):
- signal with the hands or nod
Example in sentence:
  • He waved his hand hospitably;
  • She waved to her friends
Meaning (6):
- set waves in
Example in sentence:
  • she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
Meaning (7):
- move or swing back and forth
Example in sentence:
  • She waved her gun
Meaning (8):
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Example in sentence:
  • The curtains undulated;
  • the waves rolled towards the beach

Nearby Words:

waved waveless wavelet wavellite waver wavered waverer wavering waveringly waveringness

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