Meaning of WAVE in English


vi water; a body of water.

2. wave ·noun woe.

3. wave ·vt ·see waive.

4. wave ·vi unevenness; inequality of surface.

5. wave ·vi to be moved to and fro as a signal.

6. wave ·vt to move one way and the other; to brandish.

7. wave ·vt to move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

8. wave ·vi a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, ·etc.

9. wave ·vt to raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.

10. wave ·vi the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.

11. wave ·vi fig.: a swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.

12. wave ·vi to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.

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

14. wave ·vt 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.


xvi. wave ·vi 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.


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