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   wave

   /weɪv/

   verb

   • 1. move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: "he waved to me from the train" Similar gesturegesticulatesignalsignbeckonindicatemotionnodbid
   • ▪ move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand) to and fro: "he waved a sheaf of papers in the air" Similar move to and fromove up and downwagwaggleswingshakeswishsweepswipebrandishflourishflauntwieldflickflutter
   • ▪ convey (a greeting or other message) by waving one's hand or something held in it: "we waved our farewells"
   • ▪ instruct (someone) to move in a particular direction by moving one's hand: "he waved her back"
   • 2. move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point: "the flag waved in the wind" Similar rippleflutterundulatestirflapswayswingwaftshakequiveroscillatemoveblow
   • 3. style (hair) so that it curls slightly: "her hair had been carefully waved for the evening"
   • ▪ (of hair) grow with a slight curl: "she marvelled at the blueness of his eyes, how straight his nose was, the way his hair waved" Similar curlkinkcoilundulatecrimpfrizzfrizzle

   noun

   • 1. a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore: "he was swept out to sea by a freak wave" Similar breakerbillowrollercomberripplewhite horsewhite capswellsurffrothbomborainformal:boomerkahuna
   • ▪ a ridge of water between two depressions in open water: "gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves"
   • ▪ a shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave: "a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon"
   • ▪ the sea. literary
   • 2. a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion: "its remarkable how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness" Similar flowrushsurgefloodstreamswelltidedelugetorrentspatebillowsurgerushripplespasmthrillfrissonshivertinglestabdartupsurgewelling upoutbreakrashfeeling
   • 3. a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro: "he gave a little wave and walked off" Similar gesturegesticulationhand movementsignalsignmotionindication
   • 4. a slightly curling lock of hair: "his hair was drying in unruly waves" Similar curlkinkcorkscrewcrimptwisttwirlringletfrizzcoilloopundulation
   • ▪ a tendency to curl in a person's hair: "her hair has a slight natural wave" Similar curlkinkcorkscrewcrimptwisttwirlringletfrizzcoilloopundulation
   • 5. a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound. Similar ripplevibrationoscillationundulation
   • ▪ a single curve in the course of a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance.
   • ▪ a periodic variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum.

   Word Origin Old Englishwafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. waveless adjective
   • 2. wave-like adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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5. www.dictionary.com › browse › waveWAVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. Synonyms: whitecap, undulation. any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea: a wave of the pulse. a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition:

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WaveWave - Wikipedia

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   In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from equilibrium) of one or more quantities. Periodic waves oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium (resting) value at some frequency.

7. www.britannica.com › science › wave-physicsWave | Behavior, Definition, & Types | Britannica

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   A wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium or a vacuum with a fixed frequency and wavelength. Learn about the different kinds of waves, how they propagate, reflect, refract, diffract, interfere, and exhibit the Doppler effect.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishwave noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word wave in different contexts, such as water, energy, movement, activity, feeling and hair. Find out the idioms, collocations and topics related to wave with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.

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   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. a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism; the new wave of installment buying.