wave
verb
[ weɪv ]
• move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.
• "he waved to me from the train"
• move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point.
• "the flag waved in the wind"
Similar:
ripple,
flutter,
undulate,
stir,
flap,
sway,
swing,
waft,
shake,
quiver,
oscillate,
move,
blow,
• style (hair) so that it curls slightly.
• "her hair had been carefully waved for the evening"
wave
noun
• a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
• "he was swept out to sea by a freak wave"
Similar:
breaker,
billow,
roller,
comber,
ripple,
white horse,
white cap,
swell,
surf,
froth,
bombora,
boomer,
kahuna,
• a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion.
• "a wave of strikes had paralysed the government"
Similar:
flow,
rush,
surge,
flood,
stream,
swell,
tide,
deluge,
torrent,
spate,
billow,
ripple,
spasm,
thrill,
frisson,
shiver,
tingle,
stab,
dart,
upsurge,
welling up,
outbreak,
rash,
feeling,
• a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro.
• "he gave a little wave and walked off"
• a slightly curling lock of hair.
• "his hair was drying in unruly waves"
Similar:
curl,
kink,
corkscrew,
crimp,
twist,
twirl,
ringlet,
frizz,
coil,
loop,
undulation,
• a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound.
Origin:
Old English wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.
