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Definition of 'wave'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wave
a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.

2.  wave
any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea.

3.  wave
a swell, surge, or rush:
a wave of disgust.

4.  wave
a widespread attitude or tendency, etc.:
a wave of anti-intellectualism.

5.  wave
a mass movement:
a wave of settlers.

6.  wave
an outward curve in a surface or line; undulation.

7.  wave
an act or instance of waving.

8.  wave
a waviness of the hair.

9.  wave
a period of unusually hot or cold weather.

10.  wave
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.

11. (v.i.) wave
to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.:
flags waving in the wind.

12.  wave
to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form.

13.  wave
to bend or sway up and down or to and fro.

14.  wave
to be moved, esp. alternately in opposite directions:
a handkerchief waving in the distance.

15.  wave
to signal, esp. in greeting, by raising the hand and moving the fingers up and down.

16. (v.t.) wave
to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in.

17.  wave
to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro.

18.  wave
to cause to curve up and down or in and out.

19.  wave
to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk.

20.  wave
to impart a wave to (the hair).

21.  wave
to greet or signal someone by raising and moving (the hand), esp. alternately in opposite directions.

22.  wave
to direct by a waving movement:
to wave traffic around an obstacle.

23.  wave
to signify or express by a waving movement.

24.  wave
Informal. to disturb the status quo.

Etymology: (1920–25)

Definition of 'wave'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) wave, moving ridge
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

2. (noun) wave
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
"a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"

3. (noun) wave, undulation
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

4. (noun) wave
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"

5. (noun) wave, waving, wafture
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

6. (noun) wave
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

7. (noun) wave, undulation
an undulating curve

8. (noun) wave
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
"a heat wave"

9. (verb) Wave
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

10. (verb) beckon, wave
signal with the hands or nod
"She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"

11. (verb) brandish, flourish, wave
move or swing back and forth
"She waved her gun"

12. (verb) roll, undulate, flap, wave
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

13. (verb) curl, wave
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"

14. (verb) wave
set waves in
"she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

Definition of 'wave'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) wave
a raised, moving area of water
waves breaking on the beach; kids playing in the waves

2.  wave
the act of waving your hand or arm
She gave us a wave as she left.

3.  wave
a large amount or increased level
A wave of anger overtook him.; a crime wave

4.  wave
a movement of energy
sound/light waves

5. (verb) wave
to move your hand or arm to say hello or goodbye
She waved at her friends.; to wave hello/goodbye

6.  wave
to move through the air
flags waving in the breeze; They waved signs and cheered.

7.  wave
to indicate with your hand that sb should move somewhere
The officer waved us along.

Definition of 'wave'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) wave
woe

2. (verb) wave
see Waive

3. (verb) wave
to play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate

4. (verb) wave
to be moved to and fro as a signal

5. (verb) wave
to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate

6. (verb) wave
to move one way and the other; to brandish

7. (verb) wave
to raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to

8. (verb) wave
to move like a wave, or by floating; to waft

9. (verb) wave
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

10. (verb) wave
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

11. (verb) wave
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

12. (verb) wave
water; a body of water

13. (verb) wave
unevenness; inequality of surface

14. (verb) wave
a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc

15. (verb) wave
the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel

16. (verb) wave
fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm

Definition of 'wave'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. 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.

Translation of 'wave'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.
Afrikaans: golf	Arabic: مَوْجَه	Bulgarian: вълна
Brazilian: onda	Czech: vlna	German: die Welle
Danish: bølge	Greek: κύμα	Spanish: ola
Estonian: laine	Farsi: موج	Finnish: aalto
French: vague	Hebrew: גַל	Hindi: लहरें
Croatian: val	Hungarian: hullám	Indonesian: ombak
Icelandic: bylgja, alda, bára	Italian: onda	Japanese: 波
Korean: 파도	Lithuanian: banga	Latvian: vilnis
Malay: ombak	Dutch: golf	Norwegian: bølge
Polish: fala	Persian: موج	Pashto: كول، اوشان او شان كول، څپ
Portuguese: onda	Romanian: val	Russian: волна
Slovak: vlna	Slovenian: val	Serbian: talas
Swedish: våg	Thai: ระลอกคลื่น	Turkish: dalga
Taiwanese: 波浪	Ukrainian: хвиля	Urdu: لہر
Vietnamese: sóng	Chinese: 波浪
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