Wave

verb
weɪv

Noun

  • a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

    a wave of settlers

    troops advancing in waves

    Type of:MotilityMotionMove
  • something 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:Rise
  • a 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:Undulation
    Type of:MovementMotion
  • an undulating curve

    Similar:Undulation
    Type of:Curve
  • one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

    Type of:MovementMotion
  • the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

    Similar:WaftureWaving
    Type of:MotionGesture
  • a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

    Type of:HairdoHairstyleCoif
  • 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

    Type of:WomanReservist

Verb

  • signal with the hands or nod

    She waved to her friends

    He waved his hand hospitably

    Similar:Beckon
    Type of:MotionGestureGesticulate
  • move or swing back and forth

    She waved her gun

    Type of:DisplaceMove
  • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

    the waves rolled towards the beach

    Similar:FlapRollUndulate
    Type of:Move
  • set waves in

    she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair

    Type of:CoifCoiffureDo
  • twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    Similar:Curl
    Type of:Twist

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