wave
noun
1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Definition categories: event, motion, movement
2. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
- a wave of settlers
- troops advancing in waves
Definition categories: act, motility, motion, move, movement
3. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Similar word(s): undulation
Definition categories: event, motion, movement
4. something that rises rapidly
- 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
Definition categories: event, rise
5. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Similar word(s): wafture, waving
Definition categories: communication, gesture, motion
6. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
Definition categories: body, coif, coiffure, hairdo, hairstyle
7. an undulating curve
Similar word(s): undulation
Definition categories: shape, curve
8. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
- a heat wave
Definition categories: phenomenon, conditions, weather
9. 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 categories: person, reservist, woman
Sentences with wave as a noun:
- The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.
- Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.
- Her hair had a nice wave to it.
- sine wave
- A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.
- A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.
- A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle.
- With a wave of the hand.
verb
1. signal with the hands or nod
- She waved to her friends
- He waved his hand hospitably
Similar word(s): beckon
Definition categories: communication, gesticulate, gesture, motion
2. move or swing back and forth
- She waved her gun
Similar word(s): brandish, flourish
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
- the waves rolled towards the beach
Similar word(s): flap, roll, undulate
Definition categories: motion, move
4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Similar word(s): curl
Definition categories: contact, twist
5. set waves in
- she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
Definition categories: body, arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set
Sentences with wave as a verb:
- The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
- I waved goodbye from across the room.
- Jones waves at strike one.
- The starter waved the flag to begin the race.