WAVE

/weɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 11

Definition

  1. verb signal with the hands or nod. — synonyms: beckon
  2. verb move or swing back and forth. — synonyms: brandish, flourish
  3. verb move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. — synonyms: roll, undulate, flap
  4. verb twist or roll into coils or ringlets. — synonyms: curl
  5. verb set waves in.
  6. 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
  7. noun a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
  8. noun (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth. — synonyms: undulation
  9. noun something that rises rapidly.
  10. noun the act of signaling by a movement of the hand. — synonyms: waving, wafture
  11. noun a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
  12. noun an undulating curve. — synonyms: undulation
  13. noun a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).
  14. noun a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy.

Examples

  • “The flag waved in the gentle breeze.”
  • “I waved goodbye from across the room.”
  • “Jones waves at strike one.”

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