Wave
verbNoun
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
“a wave of settlers”
“troops advancing in waves”
Type of:MotilityMotionMovesomething that rises rapidly
“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”
Type of:Risea persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
“a heat wave”
Type of:ConditionsWeather(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Similar:UndulationType of:MovementMotionan undulating curve
Similar:UndulationType of:Curveone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Type of:MovementMotionthe act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Similar:WaftureWavingType of:MotionGesturea hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
Type of:HairdoHairstyleCoifa member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
Type of:WomanReservist
Verb
signal with the hands or nod
“She waved to her friends”
“He waved his hand hospitably”
Similar:BeckonType of:MotionGestureGesticulatemove or swing back and forth
“She waved her gun”
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
“the waves rolled towards the beach”
set waves in
“she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair”
Type of:CoifCoiffureDotwist or roll into coils or ringlets
Similar:CurlType of:Twist
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- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA