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wave

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verb

waved; waving

intransitive verb

1
: to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute
2
: to float, play, or shake in an air current : move loosely to and fro : flutter
flags waving in the breeze
3
of water : to move in waves : heave
4
: to become moved or brandished to and fro
signs waved in the crowd
5
: to move before the wind with a wavelike motion
field of waving grain
6
: to follow a curving line or take a wavy form : undulate

transitive verb

1
: to swing (something) back and forth or up and down
2
: to impart a curving or undulating shape to
waved her hair
3
a
: to motion to (someone) to go in an indicated direction or to stop : signal
waved down a passing car
b
: to gesture with (the hand or an object) in greeting or farewell or in homage
c
: to dismiss or put out of mind : disregard
usually used with aside or off
d
: to convey by waving
waved farewell
4
: brandish, flourish
waved a pistol menacingly

wave

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noun (1)

plural waves
1
a
: a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid (as of the sea)
b
chiefly literary : water, sea
… this our island in the wave Charles Dickens
The buccaneer on the wave might relinquish his calling and become … a man of probity and piety on land … Nathaniel Hawthorne
The sea was open to them, and they achieved their victories on the briny wave. The Book of Commerce by Sea and Land
2
a
: a shape or outline having successive curves
b
: a waviness of the hair
c
: an undulating line or streak or a pattern formed by such lines
3
: something that swells and dies away: such as
a
: a surge of sensation or emotion
a wave of anger swept over her
b
: a movement sweeping large numbers in a common direction
waves of protest
c
: a peak or climax of activity or occurrence
a wave of spending
a second wave of infection
a crime wave
4
: a sweep of hand or arm or of some object held in the hand used as a signal or greeting
5
: a rolling or undulatory movement or one of a series of such movements passing along a surface or through the air
6
: a movement like that of an ocean wave: such as
a
: a surging movement of a group
a big new wave of women politicians
b
: one of a succession of influxes of people migrating into a region
c(1)
: a moving group of animals of one kind
(2)
: a sudden rapid increase in a population
d
: a line of attacking or advancing troops or airplanes
e
: a display of people in a large crowd (as at a sports event) successively rising, lifting their arms overhead, and quickly sitting so as to form a swell moving through the crowd
7
a
: a disturbance or variation that transfers energy progressively from point to point in a medium and that may take the form of an elastic deformation or of a variation of pressure, electric or magnetic intensity, electric potential, or temperature
b
: one complete cycle of such a disturbance
8
: a marked change in temperature : a period of hot or cold weather
9
: an undulating or jagged line constituting a graphic representation of an action
waveless adjective
wavelessly adverb
wavelike adjective

Wave

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noun (2)

: a member of the women's component of the U.S. Navy formed during World War II and discontinued in the 1970s

Synonyms

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swing, wave, flourish, brandish, thrash mean to wield or cause to move to and fro or up and down.

swing implies regular or uniform movement.

swing the rope back and forth

wave usually implies smooth or continuous motion.

waving the flag

flourish suggests vigorous, ostentatious, graceful movement.

flourished the winning lottery ticket

brandish implies threatening or menacing motion.

brandishing a knife

thrash suggests vigorous, abrupt, violent movement.

an infant thrashing his arms about

Example Sentences

Verb We waved to our friends through the window. She was waving in the direction of the bridge. Flags were waving in the breeze. The magician waved his magic wand. The leader of the parade waved a flag. It was so hot that we were all waving our hands in front of our faces to cool off. Noun (1) The waves crashed onto the rocks. She has a wave in her hair. Waves of warm air washed over us. We got a wave from the Queen. The rabbit disappeared with a wave of the magician's wand. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Prince Charles and Princess Diana wave to the crowd after their wedding on July 29, 1981, alongside Charles's proud parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2022 People wave signs in front of the Hawaii state Capitol during a rally calling for the closure of the Navy's Red Hill underground fuel storage facility near Pearl Harbor, on Feb. 11, 2022 in Honolulu. Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022 Cat cafes are everywhere; 3D cats live on billboards; lucky cat charms wave in storefronts. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Across the country, upside down flags wave from farmhouses in protest. New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Glendale neighborhoods still wave the memory of the place in their anti-mansionization campaigns. Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022 Black cowboys atop horses file into the arena in their finest attire, some wave an African American flag in the sky. Sunset Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022 Amid Kabul’s heavy traffic, clusters of bearded Taliban fighters wave the car through, unaware that its passenger is a wanted man. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2022 As the 349cc single bup bup bups down the road, riders wave with genuine smiles as the Northwest begins to shake off a winter of Covid blues, a particularly nasty snow and ice storm and those too-short Standard Time daylight hours. Bill Roberson, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
Noun
As the industry faced a glut of giant theaters after years of overdevelopment, Regal declared bankruptcy in 2001 amid a wave of consolidation in the exhibition business. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 On the Republican Party's broader midterm outlook, McDaniel said top races were always likely to tighten, despite the conventional wisdom that a massive red wave was building. Steve Peoples, ajc, 5 Sep. 2022 On the Republican Party’s broader midterm outlook, McDaniel said top races were always likely to tighten, despite the conventional wisdom that a massive red wave was building. Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 The South China Morning Post said the record numbers were swelled by a recent wave of nostalgia for Canto-pop or Cantonese-language contemporary music, though the paper also noted that Lau also performed a couple of Mandarin-language classics. Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Sep. 2022 The department has wrestled with an ongoing staff shortage as a result of a hiring freeze, negative public perception and a wave of retirements. Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2022 The immense border city was quieter than usual at this hour, following a recent wave of arson and cartel threats that had forced residents into hiding on a recent weekend night. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Shenzhen shut businesses for roughly a month following a wave of infections in the neighboring city of Hong Kong and brought the outbreak under control. Raffaele Huang, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 Barring a new game-changing variant, a wave of new illnesses could be blunted by people’s immunity from previous infections and vaccinations. Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old English wafian to wave with the hands; akin to Old English wæfan to clothe and perhaps to Old English wefan to weave

Noun (2)

Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (1)

1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wave was in the 14th century

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