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   wave

   /wāv/

   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 moving one's hand or something held in it to and fro: "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 or undulating 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 marveled 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 seen as comparable to a breaking wave: "a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon"
   • ▪ an effect resembling a moving wave produced by successive sections of the crowd in a stadium standing up, raising their arms, lowering them, and sitting down again.
   • ▪ the sea. literary
   • 2. a sudden occurrence of or increase in a specified 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 wave.
   • ▪ a 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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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › waveWave Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word wave as a verb, noun, and noun (2). Find synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases of wave.

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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:

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5. www.physicsclassroom.com › class › wavesPhysics Tutorial: What is a Wave? - The Physics Classroom

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   A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location. Consider a slinky wave as an example of a wave. When the slinky is stretched from end to end and is held at rest, it assumes a natural position known as the equilibrium or rest position.

6. 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.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › waveWave - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Use the verb wave to describe a greeting that includes a hand motion, from the enthusiastic flapping wave of a little kid meeting his dad at the airport to the prim wave of a Queen acknowledging her subjects.

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.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryWAVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression: wave to/at I waved to/at him from the window but he didn't see me. I was waving my hand like crazy but he never once looked in my direction.