English to English noun
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one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | source: wordnet30
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a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon | Example:
• a wave of settlers • troops advancing in waves
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(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | source: wordnet30
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something that rises rapidly | Example:
• 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
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the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | source: wordnet30
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a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair | source: wordnet30 source: wordnet30
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a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | Example:
• a heat wave
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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 | source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913
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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. | source: webster1913 verb
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signal with the hands or nod | Example:
• She waved to her friends • He waved his hand hospitably
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move or swing back and forth | Example:
• She waved her gun
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move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Example:
• The curtains undulated • the waves rolled towards the beach
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twist or roll into coils or ringlets | Example:
• curl my hair, please
source: wordnet30 Example:
• she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
source: wordnet30 source: webster1913
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To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. | source: webster1913
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To move one way and the other; to brandish. | source: webster1913
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