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ALL meanings of wave

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  • noun wave Move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal. 1
  • noun wave a member of the Waves. 1
  • verb without object wave to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.: The flags were waving in the wind. 1
  • verb without object wave to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form: The road waved along the valley. 1
  • verb without object wave to bend or sway up and down or to and fro, as branches or plants in the wind. 1
  • verb without object wave to be moved, especially alternately in opposite directions: The woman's handkerchief waved in encouragement. 1
  • verb without object wave to give a signal by fluttering or flapping something: She waved to me with her hand. 1
  • verb with object wave to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in: A night wind waves the tattered banners. 1
  • verb with object wave to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro: The storm waved the heavy branches of the elm. 1
  • verb with object wave to give an undulating form to; cause to curve up and down or in and out. 1
  • verb with object wave to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk. 1
  • verb with object wave to impart a wave to (the hair). 1
  • verb with object wave to move, especially alternately in opposite directions: to wave the hand. 1
  • verb with object wave to signal to by waving a flag or the like; direct by a waving movement: to wave a train to a halt; to wave traffic around an obstacle. 1
  • verb with object wave to signify or express by a waving movement: to wave a last goodbye. 1
  • idioms wave make waves, Informal. to disturb the status quo; cause trouble, as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules, procedures, etc.: The best way to stay out of trouble at the office is not to make waves. 1
  • noun wave ocean, water: undulation 1
  • noun wave hand gesture 1
  • noun wave series 1
  • intransitive verb wave gesture hello, goodbye 1
  • transitive verb wave gesture: hello, goodbye 1
  • intransitive verb wave gesture in greeting 1
  • noun wave undulation 1
  • noun wave weather: surge 1
  • noun wave surge: of enthusiasm 1
  • noun wave rush of people 1
  • intransitive verb wave flutter 1
  • transitive verb wave hold aloft 1
  • noun Technical meaning of wave (language, robotics)   A robotics language. 1
  • transitive verb wave agitate, make flutter 1
  • transitive verb wave curl: hair 1
  • countable noun wave A wave is a raised mass of water on the surface of water, especially the sea, which is caused by the wind or by tides making the surface of the water rise and fall. 0
  • countable noun wave If someone's hair has waves, it curves slightly instead of being straight. 0
  • countable noun wave A wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion. 0
  • countable noun wave Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel. 0
  • countable noun wave If you refer to a wave of a particular feeling, you mean that it increases quickly and becomes very intense, and then often decreases again. 0
  • countable noun wave A wave is a sudden increase in a particular activity or type of behaviour, especially an undesirable or unpleasant one. 0
  • countable noun wave A wave is a sudden increase in the number of people moving somewhere. 0
  • countable noun wave If a crowd of people do the wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, then sits down again, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd. 0
  • verb wave to move or cause to move freely to and fro 0
  • verb wave to move the hand to and fro as a greeting 0
  • verb wave to signal or signify by or as if by waving something 0
  • verb wave to direct to move by or as if by waving something 0
  • verb wave to form or be formed into curves, undulations, etc 0
  • verb wave to give a wavy or watered appearance to (silk, etc) 0
  • verb wave to set waves in (the hair) 0
  • noun wave one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid, esp the sea: created by the wind or a moving object and gravity 0
  • noun wave any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wave 0
  • noun wave anything that suggests the movement of a wave, as by a sudden rise 0
  • noun wave a widespread movement that advances in a body 0
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