-
verbsignal with the hands or nod
Similar:
type of: -
verbmove or swing back and forth
-
noun(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Similar:
-
nounan undulating curve
Similar:
type of: -
nounone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Similar:
-
verbmove in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motiontype of:
-
verbtwist or roll into coils or ringlets
Similar:
type of: -
nounthe act of signaling by a movement of the hand
-
nouna hairdo that creates undulations in the hairtype of:
-
nouna member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branchtype of:
-
nouna movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
-
nouna persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
-
verbset waves in
-
nounsomething that rises rapidlytype of:
Examples of wave
- "She waved to her friends"
- "He waved his hand hospitably"
- "She waved her gun"
- "the waves rolled towards the beach"
- "a wave of settlers"
- "troops advancing in waves"
- "a heat wave"
- "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
- "a wave of emotion swept over him"
- "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"
- "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"