Definitions for WAVE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. wave, moving ridgenoun

   one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

2. wavenoun

   a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

   "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"

3. wave, undulationnoun

   (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

4. 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"

5. wave, waving, wafturenoun

   the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

6. wavenoun

   a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

7. wave, undulationnoun

   an undulating curve

8. wavenoun

   a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

   "a heat wave"

9. 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

10. beckon, waveverb

    signal with the hands or nod

    "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"

11. brandish, flourish, waveverb

    move or swing back and forth

    "She waved her gun"

12. 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"

13. curl, waveverb

    twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    "curl my hair, please"

14. waveverb

    set waves in

    "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WAVEnoun

   Etymology: wæge , Saxon; waegh, Dutch; vague, French.

   1. Water raised above the level of the surface; billow; water driven into inequalities.

   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.

   2. Unevenness; inequality.

   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.

2. To Waveverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To raise into inequalities of surface.

   He had a thousand noses,
   Horns welk’d and wav’d like the enridged sea. William Shakespeare.

   2. To move loosely.

   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.

   3. To waft; to remove any thing floating.

   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.

   4. To beckon; to direct by a waft or motion of any thing.

   Look with what courteous action
   It waves you to a more removed ground:
   But do not go with it. William Shakespeare.

   5. To put off.

   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.

   6. To put aside for the present.

   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.

3. To Waveverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To play loosely; to float.

   I may find
   Your warlike ensigns waving in the wind. Dryden.

   Messapus’ helm
   He laces on, and wears the waving crest. Dryden.

   2. To be moved as a signal.

   A bloody arm it is, that holds a pine
   Lighted, above the capitol, and now
   It waves unto us. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   3. To be in an unsettled state; to fluctuate.

   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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wave

   Wave is a song written, produced and performed by Beck, issued as the first promotional single from his twelfth studio album Morning Phase. Although not released as an official single, the song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard rock chart.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Waveverb

   see Waive

2. Waveverb

   to play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate

3. Waveverb

   to be moved to and fro as a signal

4. Waveverb

   to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate

5. Waveverb

   to move one way and the other; to brandish

6. Waveverb

   to raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to

7. Waveverb

   to move like a wave, or by floating; to waft

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Waveverb

    water; a body of water

12. Waveverb

    unevenness; inequality of surface

13. Waveverb

    a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc

14. Waveverb

    the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel

15. Waveverb

    fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm

16. Wavenoun

    woe

17. 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.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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   What does WAVE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WAVE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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1. • Curve
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   • Rise
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WAVE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3111

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WAVE' in Nouns Frequency: #792

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'WAVE' in Verbs Frequency: #598

How to pronounce WAVE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say WAVE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WAVE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WAVE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of WAVE in a Sentence

1. Jeanne Marrazzo:

   Some places never experienced an end of a first wave -- certainly in the South, we never really got below a baseline level since April, a real second wave to me would be if someplace that has truly controlled spread, like New York or Connecticut, had another surge.

2. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen:

   Boris Johnson's article was very imaginative, the claim that Delors would rule Europe was well out of proportion and was water on the paranoid wave that opponents of the Maastricht Treaty were trying to create.

3. Ted Gavin:

   That said, they would have an uphill fight from a disadvantageous position, as we saw in the mortgage crisis and the wave of bankruptcies that followed, possession of documents matters when you're trying to assert a secured claim.

4. Andrew Pollack:

   It’s rough, I have my moments you know. It’s like a wave of emotions, i can’t explain it, I could walk through flames right now, there’s nothing I can’t do.

5. Scott Baugh:

   It doesn’t look like there’s a blue wave, it’s turning into a bit of a blue trickle or a blue drought or something.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WAVE
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=WAVE
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/WAVE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=WAVE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=WAVE
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=WAVE
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html