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Definition of Wave

1. Noun. One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).

2. Verb. Signal with the hands or nod. "He waved his hand hospitably"

3. Noun. A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon. "Troops advancing in waves"

4. Verb. Move or swing back and forth. "She waved her gun"

5. Noun. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.

6. Verb. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

7. Noun. Something that rises rapidly. "A wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"

8. Verb. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. "They wave their hair "; "Curl my hair, please"

9. Noun. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.

10. Verb. Set waves in. "They wave their hair "; "She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

11. Noun. A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.

12. Noun. An undulating curve.

13. Noun. A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures). "A heat wave"

14. Noun. 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.

Definition of Wave

1. v. t. See Waive.

2. v. i. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.

3. v. t. To move one way and the other; to brandish.

4. n. 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.

5. n. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.

6. v. t. See Waive.

7. v. i. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.

8. v. t. To move one way and the other; to brandish.

9. n. 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. n. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.

Definition of Wave

1. Verb. (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To wave one’s hand in greeting or departure. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To produce waves to the hair. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To try, in public, to attract people into a business establishment. ¹

9. Noun. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water; undulation. ¹

10. Noun. (physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field. ¹

11. Noun. A shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions. ¹

12. Noun. (figuratively) A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced. ¹

13. Noun. A sideway movement of the hand(s). ¹

14. Noun. A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit. Usually referred to as "the wave" ¹

15. Verb. (obsolete spelling of waive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wave

1. to move freely back and forth or up and down [v WAVED, WAVING, WAVES]

Medical Definition of Wave

1. 1. 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. "The wave behind impels the wave before." (Pope) 2. 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. 3. Water; a body of water. "Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave." "Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine." (Chapman) 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. Wave front See Undulatory theory, under Undulatory. Origin: From Wave,; not the same word as OE. Wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. Wag to move. See Wave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wave

wauled wauling waulings waulk waulked waulker waulkers waulking waulks wauls

waur waured wauring waurs waurst wave (current term) wave-off wave-particle duality wave analyzer wave angle

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