ALL meanings of waving
wave
W w - noun waving Present participle of wave. 1
- noun waving a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. 1
- noun waving any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea: a wave of the pulse. 1
- noun waving a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition: a wave of disgust sweeping over a person; a wave of cholera throughout the country. 1
- noun waving a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism; the new wave of installment buying. 1
- noun waving a mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds. 1
- noun waving an outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation. 1
- noun waving an act or instance of waving. 1
- noun waving a fluttering sign or signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.: a farewell wave. 1
- noun waving natural waviness of the hair, or a special treatment to impart waviness: to have a wave in one's hair; to get a shampoo and a wave. 1
- noun waving a period or spell of unusually hot or cold weather. 1
- noun waving Physics. a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light. 1
- noun waving Literary. water. a body of water. the sea. 1
- noun waving (at sports events, especially baseball games) a momentary standing and sitting back down by spectators in a sequential, lateral way to create, en masse, a wavelike effect visually. 1
- verb without object waving 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 waving to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form: The road waved along the valley. 1
- verb without object waving to bend or sway up and down or to and fro, as branches or plants in the wind. 1
- verb without object waving to be moved, especially alternately in opposite directions: The woman's handkerchief waved in encouragement. 1
- verb without object waving to give a signal by fluttering or flapping something: She waved to me with her hand. 1
- verb with object waving to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in: A night wind waves the tattered banners. 1
- verb with object waving 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 waving to give an undulating form to; cause to curve up and down or in and out. 1
- verb with object waving to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk. 1
- verb with object waving to impart a wave to (the hair). 1
- verb with object waving to move, especially alternately in opposite directions: to wave the hand. 1
- verb with object waving 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 waving to signify or express by a waving movement: to wave a last goodbye. 1
- idioms waving 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 waving Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. 0