What does wave mean?
Definitions for wave
weɪvwave
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Princeton's WordNet
wave, moving ridgenoun
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
wavenoun
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
"a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
wave, undulationnoun
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
wavenoun
something that rises rapidly
"a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"
wave, waving, wafturenoun
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
wavenoun
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
wave, undulationnoun
an undulating curve
wavenoun
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
"a heat wave"
Waveverb
a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
beckon, waveverb
signal with the hands or nod
"She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
brandish, flourish, waveverb
move or swing back and forth
"She waved her gun"
roll, undulate, flap, waveverb
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
curl, waveverb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
waveverb
set waves in
"she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
WAVEnoun
Etymology: wæge , Saxon; waegh, Dutch; vague, French.
The shore, that o’er his wave-worn basis bow’d. William Shakespeare.
The waves that rise would drown the highest hill;
But at thy check they flee, and when they hear
Thy thund’ring voice, they post to do thy will. Henry Wotton.Amidst these toils succeeds the balmy night;
Now hissing waters the quench’d guns restore;
And weary waves withdrawing from the fight,
Are lull’d, and pant upon the silent shore. Dryden.The wave behind impels the wave before. Alexander Pope.
Luxuriant on the wave-worn bank he lay
Stretch’d forth, and panting in the sunny ray. Alexander Pope.Thus it happens, if the glass of the prisms be free from veins, and their sides be accurately plane and well polished, without those numberless waves, or curls, which usually arise from sand-holes a little smoothed in polishing with putty. Newton.
To Waveverb
Etymology: from the noun.
He had a thousand noses,
Horns welk’d and wav’d like the enridged sea. William Shakespeare.They wav’d their fiery swords, and in the air
Made horrid circles. John Milton.Æneas wav’d his fatal sword
High o’er his head. Dryden.He beckoned to me, and, by the waving of his hand, directed me to approach the place where he sat. Addison.
Some men never conceive how the motion of the earth below should wave one from a knock perpendicularly directed from a body in the air above. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.
Look with what courteous action
It waves you to a more removed ground:
But do not go with it. William Shakespeare.Stephen Skinner.
He resolved not to wave his way upon this reason, that if he should but once, by such a diversion, make his enemy believe he were afraid of danger, he should never live without. Henry Wotton, Life of the Duke of Buckingham.
These, waving plots, found out a better way;
Some god descended, and preserv’d the play. Dryden.I have wav’d the subject of your greatness, to resign myself to the contemplation of what is more peculiarly yours. Dryden.
Since she her interest for the nation’s wav’d,
Then I who sav’d the king, the nation sav’d. Dryden.To Waveverb
Etymology: from the noun.
I may find
Your warlike ensigns waving in the wind. Dryden.Messapus’ helm
He laces on, and wears the waving crest. Dryden.A bloody arm it is, that holds a pine
Lighted, above the capitol, and now
It waves unto us. Ben Jonson, Catiline.They wave in and out, no way sufficiently grounded, no way resolved, what to think, speak, or write, more than only that because they have taken it upon them, they must be opposite. Richard Hooker, b. v.
If he did not care whether he had their love or no, he wav’d indifferently ’twixt doing them neither good nor harm. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
Wikipedia
ChatGPT
wave
A wave is a disturbance or oscillation that travels through space and matter, accompanied by a transfer of energy. Wave motion transfers energy from one point to another, often with no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium—that is, with little or no associated mass transport. They consist, for example, of disturbances of air (sound waves), water (ocean waves), electromagnetic fields (light waves), and even matter itself (seismic waves).
Webster Dictionary
Waveverb
see Waive
Waveverb
to play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate
Waveverb
to be moved to and fro as a signal
Waveverb
to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate
Waveverb
to move one way and the other; to brandish
Waveverb
to raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to
Waveverb
to move like a wave, or by floating; to waft
Waveverb
to call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate
Waveverb
an advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation
Waveverb
a vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation
Waveverb
water; a body of water
Waveverb
unevenness; inequality of surface
Waveverb
a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc
Waveverb
the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel
Waveverb
fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm
Wavenoun
woe
Etymology: [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to wfre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. vfa to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.]
Wikidata
WAVE
WAVE is the NBC-affiliated television station in Louisville, Kentucky. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter in New Albany, Indiana. Owned by Raycom Media, WAVE maintains studios on South Floyd Street in downtown Louisville. Syndicated programming seen on WAVE includes The Dr. Oz Show, America Now, Extra, Right This Minute and Ellen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wave
wāv, n. a ridge on the surface of water swaying or moving backwards and forwards: (poet.) the sea: a state of vibration propagated through a system of particles: inequality of surface: a line or streak like a wave: an undulation: a rush of anything: a gesture.—v.i. to move like a wave: to play loosely: to be moved, as a signal: to fluctuate.—v.t. to move backwards and forwards: to brandish: to waft or beckon: to raise into inequalities of surface.—p.adj. Waved, showing a wavelike form or outline: undulating: (her.) indented: (nat. hist.) having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.—n. Wave′-length, the distance between the crests of adjacent waves.—adj. Wave′less, free from waves: undisturbed.—n. Wave′let, a little wave.—adj. Wave′like.—ns. Wave′-line, the outline, path, of a wave: the surface of the waves: the line made by a wave on the shore; Wave′-loaf, a loaf for a wave-offering; Wave′-mō′tion, undulatory movement; Wave′-mould′ing (archit.), undulating moulding; Wave′-off′ering, an ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings—opposed to the Heave-offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.—v.t. Wā′ver, to move to and fro: to shake: to falter: to be unsteady or undetermined: to be in danger of falling.—ns. Wā′verer; Wā′vering.—adv. Wā′veringly, in a wavering or irresolute manner.—n. Wā′veringness.—adjs. Wā′verous, Wā′very, unsteady.—n. Wave′son, goods floating on the sea after a shipwreck.—adj. Wave′-worn, worn or washed away by the waves.—ns. Wā′viness, the state or quality of being wavy; Wā′ving.—adj. Wā′vy, full of or rising in waves: playing to and fro: undulating.—Hot wave, Warm wave, a movement of heat or warmth onwards, generally eastward. [A.S. wafian, to wave; cf. Ice. vafra, to waver.]
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
wave
A formation of forces, including ships, craft, amphibious vehicles or aircraft, required to beach or land about the same time. Waves can be classified by function: scheduled, on-call, or non-scheduled. Waves can also be classified by type of craft, e.g., assault, helicopter, or landing craft.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
wave
[from the Anglo-Saxon wæg]. A volume of water rising in surgesabove the general level, and elevated in proportion to the wind.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WAVE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wave is ranked #140157 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Wave surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wave.
47.9% or 57 total occurrences were White.
42.8% or 51 total occurrences were Black.
5.8% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wave' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3111
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wave' in Nouns Frequency: #792
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wave' in Verbs Frequency: #598
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wave in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of wave in a Sentence
What I saw coming out of my Ph.D in 98 and 99 was this wave of technologies that would enable us to take way better snapshots.
(The CIA) had ongoing information to suggest that (terrorists) were trying to smuggle nuclear weapons into the U.S., there was all this anthrax stuff going on, there was credible evidence to suggest that there was another wave of attacks coming and we couldn't have it happen.
China has been extremely strong, coming out strong from the first wave of (the) COVID-19 pandemic.
We need to become much better at anticipating the foreign policy implications of the next wave of innovation, and the wave after that. I want us to shape the strategic tech landscape, not just react to it.
Obviously, Phil is going to be riding a huge wave of confidence, i expect the crowds to be huge and obviously with Jordan being a Texas boy and being a local favorite here, it’s just going to be a great experience. I love those pairings. I love to have the crowds out there. It’s going to be a completely contrasting environment than to last year when we didn’t have the fans.
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- golfAfrikaans
- موج, رفرفArabic
- dalğaAzerbaijani
- тулҡынBashkir
- хваляBelarusian
- вълнаBulgarian
- তরঙ্গBengali
- ona, saludar, onadaCatalan, Valencian
- vlnaCzech
- gwaneg, tonWelsh
- vaje, vifte, vinke, bølgeDanish
- Wink, ondulieren, Welle, winken, flattern, wedeln, Wirbel, Woge, wogen, schwenken, wellen, zuwinkenGerman
- κύμα, γνέφω, κυματίζωGreek
- ondoEsperanto
- abanicar, ondular, ola, onda, agitarSpanish
- laineEstonian
- uhin, olatuBasque
- موجPersian
- heiluttaa, kähertää, hulmuta, aalto, vilkuttaa, aaltoillaFinnish
- bylgja, aldaFaroese
- onduler, flotter, onde, saluer, ondulation, vagueFrench
- tonn, casadh, croitheadhIrish
- smèid, tonn, crathScottish Gaelic
- ondular, ondaGalician
- tonnManx
- גַּלHebrew
- लहरHindi
- hullám, leng, integetHungarian
- ալիքArmenian
- gelombangIndonesian
- ondoIdo
- alda, bylgjaIcelandic
- onda, ondeggiareItalian
- 波, 振り動かすJapanese
- ტალღაGeorgian
- толқынKazakh
- 물결, 흔들리다, 흔들다, 波濤, 파도Korean
- شهپۆلKurdish
- толкунKyrgyz
- unda, fluctusLatin
- ຄື້ນLao
- vilnisLithuanian
- māt, vilnis, viļņotLatvian
- бранMacedonian
- долгионMongolian
- gelombang, ombakMalay
- mewġaMaltese
- လှိုင်းBurmese
- bølgeNorwegian
- wave, wuiven, wapperen, golf, zwaaien, zwenkenDutch
- bølge, bølgje, bylgjeNorwegian Nynorsk
- vinke, bølgeNorwegian
- tó náádiidááh, tó yilkʼoołNavajo, Navaho
- èrsaOccitan
- machać, łopotać, zamachać, powiewać, fala, falowaćPolish
- ondear, ola, onda, acenar, agitar, leva, ondulação, ondular, vaga, enxame, acenoPortuguese
- undaRomansh
- undă, ondulație, valRomanian
- волна, вал, махать, помахать, развеваться, махнутьRussian
- तरंगSanskrit
- undha, unda, unnaSardinian
- mahati, val, вал, lepršati, лепршати, talas, махати, vihoriti, талас, вихоритиSerbo-Croatian
- රැල්ලSinhala, Sinhalese
- vlnaSlovak
- valSlovene
- valëAlbanian
- våg, vinka, vanka, bölja, vanka av och anSwedish
- wimbiSwahili
- కెరటం, అల, ఊపు, తరంగంTelugu
- мавҷTajik
- คลื่นThai
- tolkunTurkmen
- alonTagalog
- dalgaTurkish
- дулкынTatar
- хвиляUkrainian
- لہرUrdu
- dolg'a, to'lqinUzbek
- sóngVietnamese
- כוואַליעYiddish
- 海浪Chinese
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