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Wave
weɪv
- move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal
"he waved to me from the train"
- 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"
- convey (a greeting or other message) by waving one's hand or something held in it
"we waved our farewells"
- instruct (someone) to move in a particular direction by moving one's hand
"he waved her back"
- move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point
"the flag waved in the wind"
- style (hair) so that it curls slightly
"her hair had been carefully waved for the evening"
- (of hair) grow with a slight curl
"she marvelled at the blueness of his eyes, how straight his nose was, the way his hair waved"
- 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"
- a ridge of water between two depressions in open water
"gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves"
- a shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave
"a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon"
- the sea
- a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion
"its remarkable how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness"
- a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro
"he gave a little wave and walked off"
- a slightly curling lock of hair
"his hair was drying in unruly waves"
- a tendency to curl in a person's hair
"her hair has a slight natural wave"
- 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
- a single curve in the course of a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance
- a periodic variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum