WAVE
Scrabble letter values: W4A1V4E1 = 10
Definition
- verb signal with the hands or nod. — synonyms: beckon
- verb move or swing back and forth. — synonyms: brandish, flourish
- verb move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. — synonyms: roll, undulate, flap
- verb twist or roll into coils or ringlets. — synonyms: curl
- verb set waves in.
- noun one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). — synonyms: moving_ridge
- noun a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
- noun (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth. — synonyms: undulation
- noun something that rises rapidly.
- noun the act of signaling by a movement of the hand. — synonyms: waving, wafture
- noun a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
- noun an undulating curve. — synonyms: undulation
- noun a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).
- noun a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy.
Examples
- “She waved to her friends”
- “He waved his hand hospitably”
- “She waved her gun”