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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: wāv, IPA^(key): /weɪv/
Homophone: waive
Rhymes: -eɪv

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-West Germanic *wabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”).

Cognate with Middle High German waben (“to wave”), German wabern (“to waft”), Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”). See also waver.

Verb[edit]

wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved)

(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
- 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
  
  But the World Cup winning veteran’s left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.
(intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- 1978, Nixon, Richard, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎^[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1090:
  
  I raised my arms in a final salute. I smiled. I waved goodbye. I turned into the helicopter, the door was closed, the red carpet was rolled up.
(transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
  
  Look, with what courteous action / It waves you to a more removed ground.
- She spoke, and bowing waved / Dismissal.
I waved goodbye from across the room.
(intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
(transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:
  
  horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea
(transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:
  
  There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […].
(intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.

Jones waves at strike one.
(transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

The starter waved the flag to begin the race.
(transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
(intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  
  He waved indifferently ‘twixt doing them neither good nor harm.
(intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
- 1803, William Hogarth, Anecdotes of Mr. Hogarth: And Explanatory Descriptions of the Plates of Hogarth Restored, page 137:
  
  But in the last, this dotted line, by the twisting as well as the bending of the horn, is changed from the waving into the serpentine line
- 1850, Pierce Egan, Robin Hood and Little John: or, The merry men of Sherwood forest, page 272:
  
  the flowers will not bloom less brightly, nor the grass be less green and fresh because it is waving over the head of one who loved to look upon their tender beauty while living.
- 1851, Margaret Plues, Rambles in Search of Ferns, page 31:
  
  The cypresslike ferns were not waving over these, as they waved over the corals in the wood, but the little spleenwort, called Wall-rue, was resolved that their tomb should not be without verdure.
- 1866, John Saunders, Bound to the Wheel, page 89:
  
  The moonlight fell into the room, and the shadows waved over him
- 1951, Doris Lessing, “The Second Hut”, in African Stories, published 2014, page 82:
  
  Walking through the fields, where the maize was now waving over his head, pale gold with a froth of white, the sharp dead leaves scything crisply against the wind, he could see nothing but that black foetid hut
- 1997, Elizabeth Barrett, Victoria Bovard, And His Love Shown Down, page 88:
  
  A chill waved over my consciousness as my worst nightmare erupted into reality.
- 2015, Arthur Calder-Marshall, About Levy:
  
  The two stood in the window peering down where parents moved across grass, pointing tongues of colour waving over them.

Hyponyms[edit]

wave off

Derived terms[edit]

waver

[edit]

wave the white flag

Translations[edit]

to move back and forth repeatedly

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܦܪܸܦ‎ (raprip)
Bashkir: елберләү (yelberläw), елпелдәү (yelpeldäw), ялпылдау (yalpıldaw), өлтәнләү (öltänläw)
Belarusian: развява́цца impf (razvjavácca), ві́цца impf (vícca)
Bulgarian: ве́я се impf (véja se)
Danish: vifte, vaje
Dutch: zwaaien (nl), zwenken (nl), wapperen (nl)
Finnish: aaltoilla (fi), hulmuta, liehua (fi)
French: (flag) flotter (fr)
Galician: ondular (gl)
German: wedeln (de), schwenken (de), flattern (de), wogen (de)
Greek: κυματίζω (el) (kymatízo)
Hungarian: leng (hu)
Italian: ondeggiare (it)
Japanese: 揺れる (ja) (ゆれる, yureru)
Korean: 흔들리다 (ko) (heundeullida)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: pêl (ku) f
Latin: quassō
Latvian: viļņot
Maori: tāwhiu, tāwhiuwhiu, pīwari (mi) (as flag in the wind), manana, pioi, pīoi, rurerure
Norwegian:

Bokmål: vaie

Nynorsk: vaie
Polish: falować (pl) impf, łopotać (pl) impf, powiewać (pl) impf
Portuguese: ondular (pt)
Romanian: undui (ro), ondula (ro), învălura (ro)
Russian: (e.g. a flag) развева́ться (ru) impf (razvevátʹsja), ви́ться (ru) impf (vítʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: smèid, (transitive) crath
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: вихорити, лепршати

Roman: vihoriti (sh), lepršati (sh)
Spanish: ondular (es)
Swedish: vaja (sv)
Tagalog: kumaway, ikaway, kumampay, ikampay, magwagayway, iwagayway
Ukrainian: майорі́ти impf (majoríty), розвіва́тися impf (rozvivátysja), ви́тися impf (výtysja)
West Frisian: wuiven

to wave one’s hand

Arabic: رَفْرَفَ‎ (ar) (rafrafa)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܚܸܦ‎ (raḥḥip), ܡܲܢܝܸܦ‎ (manyip)
Bashkir: болғау (bolğaw)
Belarusian: маха́ць impf (maxácʹ), памаха́ць pf (pamaxácʹ), махну́ць pf (maxnúcʹ)
Bengali: হাত নাড়ানো (hat naṛanō)
Bulgarian: ма́хам (bg) impf (máham), ма́хна pf (máhna)
Catalan: saludar (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 招手 (zh) (zhāoshǒu), 揮手／挥手 (zh) (huīshǒu)
Czech: mávat (cs) impf, zamávat pf
Danish: vinke
Dutch: zwaaien (nl), wuiven (nl)
Finnish: vilkuttaa (fi), heiluttaa (fi)
French: saluer (fr)
Galician: acenar
German: winken (de)
Greek: γνέφω (el) (gnéfo)
Hungarian: integet (hu)
Italian: salutare (it)
Japanese: 振り動かす (ふりうごかす, furiugokasu), 揺する (ja) (ゆする, yusuru), 振る (ja) (ふる, furu)
Korean: 흔들다 (ko) (heundeulda)
Latgalian: maut, mest
Latvian: māt (lv)
Macedonian: мавта impf (mavta), мавне pf (mavne)
Malay: lambai
Maori: ringaringa, pō(w)hiri
Norwegian: vinke
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: махати impf (maxati), махнѫти pf (maxnǫti)
Polish: machać (pl) impf, pomachać impf, machnąć (pl) pf
Portuguese: acenar (pt)
Russian: маха́ть (ru) impf (maxátʹ), помаха́ть (ru) pf (pomaxátʹ), махну́ть (ru) pf (maxnútʹ)
Rusyn: махати impf (maxaty), махнути pf (maxnuty)
Scottish Gaelic: smèid
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ма́хати impf, ма́хнути impf

Roman: máhati (sh) impf, máhnuti (sh) pf
Slovak: mávať impf, zamávať pf
Slovene: mahati impf, pomahati pf
Spanish: saludar con la mano abierta
Swedish: vinka (sv)
Telugu: ఊపు (te) (ūpu)
Thai: โบก (th) (bòok)
Ukrainian: маха́ти impf (maxáty), помаха́ти pf (pomaxáty), махну́ти pf (maxnúty)
Vietnamese: vẫy tay, vẫy (vi)
West Frisian: wenken

baseball: to swing and miss at a pitch

to cause to move back and forth repeatedly

to signal with a waving movement

Etymology 2[edit]

The wave after a ferry (1)

From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognate with North Frisian weage (“wave, flood, sea”), German Woge (“wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Germanic), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “a wave”). See also waw.

Noun[edit]

wave (plural waves)

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:
  
  The new sea wall may stop the waves from the sea, but not from the children who enthusiastically greet our train as it passes. It’s great to see this ages-old habit is still going strong.
(poetic) The ocean.
- 1895, Fiona Macleod (William Sharp), The Sin-Eater and Other Tales
  
  […] your father Murtagh Ross, and his lawful childless wife, Dionaid, and his sister Anna—one and all, they lie beneath the green wave or in the brown mould.
(physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.

Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.
A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.

Her hair had a nice wave to it.

sine wave
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.

He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.
(figuratively) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.

Synonym: rush

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.
- 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 — 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎^[2]:
  
  Foster had been left unsighted by Scott Dann’s positioning at his post, but the goalkeeper was about to prove his worth to Birmingham by keeping them in the game with a series of stunning saves as West Ham produced waves after wave of attack in their bid to find a crucial second goal.
(video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
- 2011, Raffaele Cecco, Supercharged JavaScript Graphics: With HTML5 Canvas, JQuery, and More:
  
  As the player eliminates each wave of 55 aliens, the next wave begins lower than the one previous.
(usually «the wave») A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.

Synonyms[edit]

(an undulation): und (obsolete, rare)
(group activity): Mexican wave (chiefly Commonwealth)

Hyponyms[edit]

blue wave
carrier wave
cosine wave
electromagnetic wave
Elliott wave
episodic wave
gamma wave
gravitational wave
gravity wave
gravity-inertia wave
groundwave, ground wave
handwave, hand wave
harmonic wave
incident wave
Kelvin wave
light wave
longitudinal wave
longwave, long wave
Love wave
magnetic wave
Marshak wave
mechanical wave
mediumwave, medium wave
metachronal wave
Mexican wave
microwave
modulated wave
new wave
ocean wave
P wave, P-wave
plane wave
Q wave, Q-wave
radio wave
Rayleigh wave
release wave
rogue wave
S wave, S-wave
sea wave
seismic wave
shock wave, shockwave
shortwave, short wave
sine wave
sinusoidal wave
skywave, sky wave
sound wave
standing wave
transverse wave
wind wave

Derived terms[edit]

afterwave
catch a wave
coldwave
darkwave
electrowave
longwave
mediumwave
microwave
shortwave
synthwave
wave base
wave drag
waveband
waveform
waveful
waveguide
wavelength
wavelet
wavenumber
wavy

[edit]

fifth-wave feminism
first-wave feminism
fourth-wave feminism
Gaussian wave packet
make waves
matter waves
no wave
second-wave feminism
third-wave feminism
wave equation
wave field synthesis
wave form
wave function
wave mechanics
wave motion
wave node
wave number
wave packet
wave reflection
wave ski
wave theory
wave train
wave vector
wave-particle duality
wavetable

Translations[edit]

moving disturbance, undulation

Afrikaans: golf
Albanian: valë (sq) f, dallgë (sq) f
Amharic: ማዕበል (maʿbäl), ሞገድ (mogäd)
Arabic: مَوْج‎ m (mawj)

Egyptian Arabic: موج‎ m (mōg)

Hijazi Arabic: موج‎ m (mōj), موجة‎ f (mōja)
Aramaic:

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܠܠܐ‎ m (gallā)
Armenian: ալիք (hy) (alikʿ)
Aromanian: undã f, tãlazi f, chimã f, dalgã f
Assamese: ঢৌ (dhou), লহৰ (lohor), তৰংগ (toroṅgo)
Asturian: onda (ast) f
Azerbaijani: dalğa (az)
Bashkir: тулҡын (tulqın)
Basque: olatu, uhin
Belarusian: хва́ля f (xválja)
Bengali: তরঙ্গ (bn) (toroṅgo), ঢেউ (bn) (ḍheu)
Bikol Central: balod (bcl), hukol (bcl)
Budukh: лапа (lapa)
Bulgarian: вълна́ (bg) f (vǎlná)
Burmese: လှိုင်း (my) (hluing:), တံပိုး (my) (tampui:)
Catalan: ona (ca) f
Cebuano: balod
Chamicuro: olashi
Chinese:

Cantonese: 波浪 (bo¹ long⁶)

Dungan: лон (lon)

Mandarin: 波浪 (zh) (bōlàng), 波 (zh) (bō), 浪 (zh) (làng)

Min Nan: 波浪 (zh-min-nan) (pho-lōng)
Czech: vlna (cs) f
Dalmatian: jonda f
Danish: bølge (da) c
Dutch: golf (nl) m, baar (nl) f (archaic)
Eastern Bontoc: challoyon, onchoschos-or ay chanom
Egyptian: (wꜣw m)
Esperanto: ondo
Estonian: laine (et)
Even: ота (ota)
Faroese: alda (fo) f, bylgja f
Fijian: biau
Finnish: aalto (fi)
French: vague (fr) f, flot (fr) m
Friulian: onde f
Galician: onda (gl) f, vaga (gl) f
Georgian: ტალღა (ṭalɣa)
German: Welle (de) f, Woge (de) f
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 m (wēgs)
Greek: κύμα (el) n (kýma)

Ancient: κῦμα n (kûma), κλύδων m (klúdōn)
Hebrew: גַּל‎ (he) m (gal)
Higaonon: balod
Hindi: लहर (hi) f (lahar)
Hungarian: hullám (hu)
Icelandic: alda (is) f, bylgja (is) f
Ido: ondo (io)
Ilocano: allon
Irish: tonn f (1,4), (of a hand) croitheadh m, (hair) casadh m (3)
Italian: onda (it) f
Japanese: 波 (ja) (なみ, nami), 周波 (ja) (しゅうは, shūha)
Javanese: alun, ombak (jv)
Kabuverdianu: ónda
Karachay Balkar: толкъун (tolqun)
Karaim: tolhun
Kazakh: толқын (kk) (tolqyn)
Khakas: салғах (salğax)
Khmer: រលក (km) (rɔlɔɔk)
Kikuyu: ikũmbĩ class 5
Korean: 물결 (ko) (mulgyeol), 파도(波濤) (ko) (pado)
Kumyk: толкъун (tolqun)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: شەپۆل‎ (ckb) (şepol)

Northern Kurdish: pêl (ku), sîpel (ku) f
Kyrgyz: толкун (ky) (tolkun)
Lao: ຄື້ນ (lo) (khư̄n)
Latgalian: viļņs
Latin: unda (la) f, fluctus m
Latvian: vilnis m
Lezgi: лепе (lepe)
Lithuanian: banga (lt) f, vilnis m
Lubuagan Kalinga: tuppiyak
Luxembourgish: Well f
Macedonian: бран m (bran)
Malay: alun, bena, gelombang (ms), ombak (ms)

Indonesian: alun (id), ombak (id), gelombang (id)
Malayalam: തിരമാല (ml) (tiramāla), തിര (ml) (tira)
Maltese: mewġa f
Manchu: ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ (boljon), ᡩᠣᠯᡤᡳᠨ (dolgin)
Mansi: хумп (hump)
Manx: tonn f
Mon: လပှ်
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: долгион (mn) (dolgion)

Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠯᠭᠢᠶᠠᠨ (dolɣiyan)
Mwani: luwimbi
Nanai: вата
Navajo: (small waves) tó yilkʼooł, (large waves) tó náádiidááh
Neapolitan: onna f
Norman: louême f
North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) waag n
Norwegian:

Bokmål: bølge (no) m or f

Nynorsk: bølgje f, bylgje f, bølge f
Occitan: èrsa (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: вльна f (vlĭna), валъ m (valŭ)

Glagolitic: ⰲⰾⱐⱀⰰ f (vlĭna)
Old East Slavic: вълна f (vŭlna), валъ m (valŭ)
Old English: ȳþ f (1-3)
Old Irish: tonn f
Old Javanese: halun
Old Polish: przewał m, wełna f
Ottoman Turkish: طالغه‎ (dalga)
Pashto: موج‎ m (mawj), څپه‎ (ps) f (čapa), باډاسکه‎ (ps) f (bāḍāska)
Persian: موج‎ (fa) (mowj)
Plautdietsch: Wal f
Polish: fala (pl), bałwan (pl) (a foamy sea wave)
Portuguese: onda (pt) f, vaga (pt) f
Romanian: val (ro), undă (ro), ondulație (ro) f
Romansch: unda f
Russian: волна́ (ru) f (volná), вал (ru) m (val) (billow)
Samoan: galu
Sanskrit: तरंग (sa) m (taraṃga)
Sardinian: unda f, undha f, unna f
Scottish Gaelic: tonn m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: та̏ла̄с m, ва̑л m

Roman: tȁlās (sh) m, vȃl (sh) m
Sinhalese: රැල්ල (rælla)
Slovak: vlna f
Slovene: val (sl) m
Sorbian:

Upper Sorbian: žołma f
Southern Altai: толку (tolku)
Southern Kalinga: tupiya
Spanish: onda (es) f, ola (es) f
Swahili: wimbi (sw)
Swedish: våg (sv) m, bölja (sv) f
Tagalog: alon (tl)
Tajik: мавҷ (tg) (mavj)
Tamil: அலை (ta) (alai)
Tatar: дулкын (tt) (dulkın)
Telugu: అల (te) (ala), తరంగం (te) (taraṅgaṁ), కెరటం (te) (keraṭaṁ)
Tetum: laloran
Thai: คลื่น (th) (klʉ̂ʉn)
Tibetan: རྦ་རླབས (rba rlabs)
Tongan: peau
Turkish: dalga (tr)
Turkmen: tolkun
Tuvaluan: ngalu
Tuwali Ifugao: dalluyun, kibyayong (of water)
Ukrainian: хви́ля (uk) f (xvýlja)
Urdu: لہر‎ f (lahar)
Uyghur: دولقۇن‎ (dolqun)
Uzbek: to’lqin (uz), dolg’a (uz) (poetic)
Vietnamese: sóng (vi)
Waray-Waray: balud
Welsh: ton (cy) f, gwaneg
Yakut: долгун (dolgun)
Yiddish: אינד‎ (ind), כוואַליע‎ f (khvalye)
Yoruba: ìgbì
Yámana: čili
Zazaki: phêl

moving disturbance in a field

Bashkir: тулҡын (tulqın)
Basque: uhin
Belarusian: хва́ля f (xválja)
Catalan: ona (ca) f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 波 (zh) (bō)
Dutch: golf (nl) m
Finnish: aalto (fi)
French: onde (fr) f
Georgian: ტალღა (ṭalɣa)
German: Welle (de) f, Wirbel (de) m
Latvian: vilnis m
Malay: gelombang (ms)
Polish: fala (pl) f
Portuguese: onda (pt) f, ondulação (pt) f
Russian: волна́ (ru) f (volná)
Spanish: onda (es) f
Tagalog: liboy
Telugu: తరంగం (te) (taraṅgaṁ)
Ukrainian: хви́ля (uk) f (xvýlja)

Verb[edit]

wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved)

To generate a wave.
- 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
  
  If the electron had wavelike properties, then what was disturbing the medium in which the wave existed? What was waving?

References[edit]

wave at OneLook Dictionary Search
“wave”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Etymology 3[edit]

See waive.

Verb[edit]

wave (third-person singular simple present waves, present participle waving, simple past and past participle waved)

Obsolete spelling of waive
- 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 119:
  
  Ladies and gentlemen—I am ordered by Miss Woodhouse to say, that she waves her right of knowing exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only requires something very entertaining from each of you, in a general way.

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

wave

Alternative form of waven

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noun

a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.

any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea: a wave of the pulse.

a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition: a wave of disgust sweeping over a person; a wave of cholera throughout the country.

a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism; the new wave of installment buying.

a mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds.

an outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation.

an act or instance of waving.

a fluttering sign or signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.: a farewell wave.

natural waviness of the hair, or a special treatment to impart waviness: to have a wave in one’s hair; to get a shampoo and a wave.

a period or spell of unusually hot or cold weather.

Physics. a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light.

Literary.

water.
a body of water.
the sea.

(at sports events, especially baseball games) a momentary standing and sitting back down by spectators in a sequential, lateral way to create, en masse, a wavelike effect visually.

verb (used without object), waved, wav·ing.

to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.: The flags were waving in the wind.

to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form: The road waved along the valley.

to bend or sway up and down or to and fro, as branches or plants in the wind.

to be moved, especially alternately in opposite directions: The woman’s handkerchief waved in encouragement.

to give a signal by fluttering or flapping something: She waved to me with her hand.

verb (used with object), waved, wav·ing.

to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in: A night wind waves the tattered banners.

to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro: The storm waved the heavy branches of the elm.

to give an undulating form to; cause to curve up and down or in and out.

to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk.

to impart a wave to (the hair).

to move, especially alternately in opposite directions: to wave the hand.

to signal to by waving a flag or the like; direct by a waving movement: to wave a train to a halt; to wave traffic around an obstacle.

to signify or express by a waving movement: to wave a last goodbye.

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Idioms about wave

make waves, Informal. to disturb the status quo; cause trouble, as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules, procedures, etc.: The best way to stay out of trouble at the office is not to make waves.

Origin of wave

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English waven (verb), Old English wafian “to wave the hands”; cognate with Middle High German waben;cf. waver¹

synonym study for wave

1. Wave, ripple, breaker, surf refer to a ridge or swell on the surface of water. Wave is the general word: waves in a high wind. A ripple is the smallest kind of wave, such as is caused by a stone thrown into a pool: ripples in a brook. A breaker is a wave breaking, or about to break, upon the shore or upon rocks: the roar of breakers. Surf is the collective name for breakers: Heavy surf makes bathing dangerous.

OTHER WORDS FROM wave

waveless, adjectivewave·less·ly, adverbwav·ing·ly, adverbwavelike, adjective

outwave, verb (used with object), out·waved, out·wav·ing.un·der·wave, nounun·der·wav·ing, nounun·wav·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wave

waive, wave

Words nearby wave

Waukesha, waul, waur, Wausau, Wauwatosa, wave, wave-and-pay, wave band, wave-cut platform, wave cyclone, waved

Other definitions for wave (2 of 2)

Origin of Wave

First recorded in 1942; see origin at Waves

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Words related to wave

crest, flood, influx, movement, outbreak, rash, rush, sign, stream, surge, swell, tide, upsurge, brandish, flap, flutter, fly, shake, swing, twirl

How to use wave in a sentence

This year has marked a new wave of organizing among tech workers.
It’s a beach break, so the sand is constantly shifting and changing the way the wave breaks.
Influencer marketing is witnessing Micro-influencers making waves.
He suggested gravitational waves might be a good way to study the sun’s massive eddies.

To keep the old one going, Newton will have to jump-start a mediocre offense, and Belichick will have to ride out an unprecedented wave of defensive defections.
Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.
The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
What are your feelings about the wave of support that always immediately presents itself from the other side?
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
«Yes,» said Punch, lifted up in his father’s arms to wave good-bye.
«I’ve brought ye thet Injun I wuz tellin’ ye uv,» she said, with a wave of her hand toward Alessandro.

British Dictionary definitions for wave

verb

to move or cause to move freely to and frothe banner waved in the wind

(intr) to move the hand to and fro as a greeting

to signal or signify by or as if by waving something

(tr) to direct to move by or as if by waving somethinghe waved me on

to form or be formed into curves, undulations, etc

(tr) to give a wavy or watered appearance to (silk, etc)

(tr) to set waves in (the hair)

noun

one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid, esp the sea: created by the wind or a moving object and gravity

any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wavea wave across the field of corn

the waves the sea

anything that suggests the movement of a wave, as by a sudden risea crime wave

a widespread movement that advances in a bodya wave of settlers swept into the country

the act or an instance of waving

physics an oscillation propagated through a medium or space such that energy is periodically interchanged between two kinds of disturbance. For example, an oscillating electric field generates a magnetic oscillation and vice versa, hence an electromagnetic wave is produced. Similarly a wave on a liquid comprises vertical and horizontal displacementsSee also antinode, longitudinal wave, node, standing wave, transverse wave

physics a graphical representation of a wave obtained by plotting the magnitude of the disturbance against time at a particular point in the medium or space; waveform

a prolonged spell of some weather conditiona heat wave

an undulating curve or series of curves or loose curls in the hair

an undulating pattern or finish on a fabric

make waves to cause trouble; disturb the status quo

ride the wave US slang to enjoy a period of success and good fortune

Derived forms of wave

waveless, adjectivewavelike, adjective

Word Origin for wave

Old English wafian (vb); related to Old High German weban to weave, Old Norse vafra; see waver; C16 (n) changed from earlier wāwe, probably from Old English wǣg motion; compare wag 1

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Scientific definitions for wave

A disturbance, oscillation, or vibration, either of a medium and moving through that medium (such as water and sound waves), or of some quantity with different values at different points in space, moving through space (such as electromagnetic waves or a quantum mechanical wave described by the wave function). See also longitudinal wave transverse wave wave function. See Note at refraction.

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Cultural definitions for wave

In physics, any regularly recurring event, such as surf coming in toward a beach, that can be thought of as a disturbance moving through a medium. Waves are characterized by wavelength, frequency, and the speed at which they move. Waves are found in many forms.

notes for wave

The motion of a wave and the motion of the medium on which the wave moves are not the same: ocean waves, for example, move toward the beach, but the water itself merely moves up and down. Sound waves are spread by alternating compression and expansion of air.

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[weɪv]
1. сущ.

а) вал, волна

the waves поэт. — море

the sound of the waves breaking on the shore — шум волн, бьющихся о берег

high wave; tall wave — высокая волна

mountainous wave — гигантская волна, «девятый вал»

Syn:

We came to warmer waves. — Мы приблизились к тёплым морям.

The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran. — Подземные толчки этого землетрясения ощущались в Тегеране.

— seismic wave

б)

радио

сигнал, колебание, волна

long waves — длинные волны

medium waves — средние волны

radio wave — радиоволна

short waves — короткие волны

в)

метео

перенос тёплых или холодных воздушных масс

а) волнистость; завиток, локон

She has a natural wave in her hair. — У неё вьются волосы.

Bella employed both her hands in giving her hair an additional wave. (Ch. Dickens) — Обеими руками Белла попыталась сделать ещё один локон на своей причёске.

б) завивка

4) взмах, махание

a wave of the hand — взмах руки

Paddy spotted Mary Ann and gave her a cheery wave. — Пэдди увидел Мэри-Энн и приветственно махнул ей рукой.

а) волна, взрыв, подъём

the current wave of violence — новый всплеск насилия

She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly. — Её охватила паника, но она заставила себя спокойно выйти из комнаты.

The loneliness and grief came in waves. — Одиночество и печаль накатывали волнами.

б) наплыв

A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe. — Наплыв иммигрантов захлестнул Западную Европу.

6) волна

воен.

атакующая цепь; эшелон или волна десанта

2. гл.

а) развеваться

б) волноваться ; качаться ; колыхаться

a field of waving grain — поле качающихся колосьев

•

Syn:

а) подавать сигнал, размахивать, махать

to wave in / a farewell, to wave goodbye to them, to wave them goodbye — помахать им рукой на прощание

She waved her arm at me. — Она помахала мне рукой.

He waved down a passing car. — Он подал сигнал проезжающей машине.

Syn:

б) махать, размахивать в разные стороны

He waved a pistol menacingly. — Он угрожающе размахивал пистолетом.

Syn:

3) придавать волнистые очертания, волнистый рисунок

The horizontal coals are found to wave considerably in several places. — Обнаружено, что горизонтальные пласты угля в некоторых местах существенно изгибаются.

а) виться, завиваться

б) завивать

She decided to wave her hair. — Она решила сделать завивку.

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— wave aside

— wave away
— wave down
— wave off
— wave on

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wave

surf; whitecap; undulate: wave a flag; to signal with the hand: wave good-bye

Not to be confused with:

waive – relinquish a right voluntarily: waive his right to a jury trial; dispense with; forgo: waive a fee

Wave

(wāv)

A member of the women’s reserve of the US Navy, organized during World War II, but now no longer a separate branch.

[From W(omen) A(ccepted for) V(olunteer) E(mergency Service).]

wave

(wāv)

v. waved, wav·ing, waves

v.intr.

1. To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.

2. To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand: waved as she drove by.

3. To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl: Her hair waves naturally.

v.tr.

1. To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly: She waved a fan before her face.

a. To move or swing as in giving a signal: He waved his hand. See Synonyms at flourish.

b. To signal or express by waving the hand or an object held in the hand: We waved goodbye.

c. To signal (a person) by using the hand to move in a specified direction: The police officer waved the motorist into the right lane.

3. To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations: wave one’s hair.

a. A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water.

b. A small ridge or swell moving across the interface of two fluids and dependent on surface tension.

2. often waves The sea: vanished beneath the waves.

3. Something that suggests the form and motion of a wave in the sea, especially:

a. A moving curve or succession of curves in or on a surface; an undulation: waves of wheat in the wind.

b. A curve or succession of curves, as in the hair.

c. A curved shape, outline, or pattern.

4. A movement up and down or back and forth: a wave of the hand.

a. A surge or rush, as of sensation: a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.

b. A sudden great rise, as in activity or intensity: a wave of panic selling on the stock market.

c. A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals: a wave of conservatism.

d. One of a succession of mass movements: the first wave of settlers.

e. A maneuver in which fans at a sports event simulate an ocean wave by rising quickly in sequence with arms upraised and then quickly sitting down again in a continuous rolling motion.

6. A widespread, persistent meteorological condition, especially of temperature: a heat wave.

7. Physics

a. A disturbance that travels through a medium. Energy is transferred by a wave from one region of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium.

b. A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.

c. A single cycle of a periodic wave.

Phrasal Verb:

wave off

1. To dismiss or refuse by waving the hand or arm: waved off his invitation to join the group.

2. Sports To cancel or nullify by waving the arms, usually from a crossed position: waved off the goal because time had run out.

wav′er n.

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wave

(weɪv)

1. to move or cause to move freely to and fro: the banner waved in the wind.

2. (intr) to move the hand to and fro as a greeting

3. to signal or signify by or as if by waving something

4. (tr) to direct to move by or as if by waving something: he waved me on.

5. to form or be formed into curves, undulations, etc

6. (Textiles) (tr) to give a wavy or watered appearance to (silk, etc)

7. (Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to set waves in (the hair)

8. (Physical Geography) one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid, esp the sea: created by the wind or a moving object and gravity

9. any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wave: a wave across the field of corn.

10. (Physical Geography) the waves the sea

11. anything that suggests the movement of a wave, as by a sudden rise: a crime wave.

12. a widespread movement that advances in a body: a wave of settlers swept into the country.

13. the act or an instance of waving

14. (General Physics) physics an oscillation propagated through a medium or space such that energy is periodically interchanged between two kinds of disturbance. For example, an oscillating electric field generates a magnetic oscillation and vice versa, hence an electromagnetic wave is produced. Similarly a wave on a liquid comprises vertical and horizontal displacements. See also antinode, longitudinal wave, node, standing wave, transverse wave

15. (General Physics) physics a graphical representation of a wave obtained by plotting the magnitude of the disturbance against time at a particular point in the medium or space; waveform

16. (Physical Geography) a prolonged spell of some weather condition: a heat wave.

17. (Hairdressing & Grooming) an undulating curve or series of curves or loose curls in the hair

18. (Textiles) an undulating pattern or finish on a fabric

20. make waves to cause trouble; disturb the status quo

21. ride the wave slang US to enjoy a period of success and good fortune

[Old English wafian (vb); related to Old High German weban to weave, Old Norse vafra; see waver; C16 (n) changed from earlier wāwe, probably from Old English wǣg motion; compare wag¹]

ˈwaveless adj

ˈwavelessly adv

ˈwaveˌlike adj

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wave

(weɪv)

n., v. waved, wav•ing. n.

1. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.

2. any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea.

3. a swell, surge, or rush: a wave of disgust.

4. a widespread attitude or tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism.

5. a mass movement: a wave of settlers.

6. an outward curve in a surface or line; undulation.

7. an act or instance of waving.

8. a waviness of the hair.

9. a period of unusually hot or cold weather.

10. Physics. a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light.

v.i.

11. to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.: flags waving in the wind.

12. to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form.

13. to bend or sway up and down or to and fro.

14. to be moved, esp. alternately in opposite directions: a handkerchief waving in the distance.

15. to signal, esp. in greeting, by raising the hand and moving the fingers up and down.

v.t.

16. to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in.

17. to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro.

18. to cause to curve up and down or in and out.

19. to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk.

20. to impart a wave to (the hair).

21. to greet or signal someone by raising and moving (the hand), esp. alternately in opposite directions.

22. to direct by a waving movement: to wave traffic around an obstacle.

23. to signify or express by a waving movement.

Idioms:

make waves, Informal. to disturb the status quo.

[1325–75; Middle English; Old English wafian to wave the hands]

wave

(wāv)

A disturbance or vibration that passes through a medium, such as air or water, transferring energy without causing a permanent change to the medium. See also longitudinal wave, transverse wave. See Note at refraction.

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wave

comber, breaker, roller — A long curving wave is a comber, a wave that curls over and dissolves into foam is a breaker, and a long wave moving steadily shoreward is a roller.
scend — As a noun, it is the surge of a wave or the sea; as a verb, it means to pitch or surge up in a heavy sea.
undulate — From Latin unda, «wave.»
wave — Meaning «movement of the sea,» it seems to be an alteration of the earlier wawe, «wave,» from Old English woeg, «motion, wave.»

wave

1. A formation of forces, landing ships, craft, amphibious vehicles or aircraft, required to beach or land about the same time. Can be classified as to type, function or order as shown: a. assault wave; b. boat wave; c. helicopter wave; d. numbered wave; e. on-call wave; f. scheduled wave.
2. (DOD only) An undulation of water caused by the progressive movement of energy from point to point along the surface of the water.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Wave(s)

a body of water; the forward movement of a large body of persons, animals, or things.

Examples: wave of admirals; wave after wave of the enemy, 1879; wave of enthusiasm; of error, 1781; of strong feeling, 1855; of immigrants, 1893; of materialism, 1903; of militarism, 1915; of opinion, 1870; of passion, 1781; of population, 1852; of prejudice, 1847; of snow, 1886; of tribulations; of weary wretchedness, 1590.

wave

Past participle: waved
Gerund: waving

Imperative
wave
wave

Present
I wave
you wave
he/she/it waves
we wave
you wave
they wave

Preterite
I waved
you waved
he/she/it waved
we waved
you waved
they waved

Present Continuous
I am waving
you are waving
he/she/it is waving
we are waving
you are waving
they are waving

Present Perfect
I have waved
you have waved
he/she/it has waved
we have waved
you have waved
they have waved

Past Continuous
I was waving
you were waving
he/she/it was waving
we were waving
you were waving
they were waving

Past Perfect
I had waved
you had waved
he/she/it had waved
we had waved
you had waved
they had waved

Future
I will wave
you will wave
he/she/it will wave
we will wave
you will wave
they will wave

Future Perfect
I will have waved
you will have waved
he/she/it will have waved
we will have waved
you will have waved
they will have waved

Future Continuous
I will be waving
you will be waving
he/she/it will be waving
we will be waving
you will be waving
they will be waving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been waving
you have been waving
he/she/it has been waving
we have been waving
you have been waving
they have been waving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waving
you will have been waving
he/she/it will have been waving
we will have been waving
you will have been waving
they will have been waving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been waving
you had been waving
he/she/it had been waving
we had been waving
you had been waving
they had been waving

Conditional
I would wave
you would wave
he/she/it would wave
we would wave
you would wave
they would wave

Past Conditional
I would have waved
you would have waved
he/she/it would have waved
we would have waved
you would have waved
they would have waved

wave

1. A disturbance moving through the surface of land or water.

2. A disturbance or pulse moving through space or a medium.

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Noun	1.	wave — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) moving ridge motion, movement — a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something breakers, surf, breaker — waves breaking on the shore backwash, wake — the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; «the motorboat’s wake capsized the canoe» swash — the movement or sound of water; «the swash of waves on the beach» riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet — a small wave on the surface of a liquid crestless wave, swell — the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea lift, rise — a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground billow, surge — a large sea wave tidal wave — a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun tidal wave — an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide tsunami — a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; «a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes» rolling wave, roller, roll — a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore comber — a long curling sea wave white horse, whitecap — a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
	2.	wave — a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; «a wave of settlers»; «troops advancing in waves» movement, motility, motion, move — a change of position that does not entail a change of location; «the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise»; «movement is a sign of life»; «an impatient move of his hand»; «gastrointestinal motility»
	3.	wave — (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth undulation natural philosophy, physics — the science of matter and energy and their interactions; «his favorite subject was physics» motion, movement — a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something gravitation wave, gravity wave — (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light sine wave — a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve oscillation, vibration — (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean fluctuation — a wave motion; «the fluctuations of the sea» seiche — a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances standing wave, stationary wave — a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time traveling wave, travelling wave — a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave acoustic wave, sound wave — (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound wave form, wave shape, waveform — the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time blast wave, shock wave — a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; «the explosion created a shock wave» pulsation, pulse, pulsing, impulse — (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); «the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star» flapping, fluttering, flap, flutter — the motion made by flapping up and down
	4.	wave — 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» rise — a growth in strength or number or importance
	5.	wave — the act of signaling by a movement of the hand wafture, waving motion, gesture — the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals brandish, flourish — the act of waving
	6.	wave — a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle — the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair) finger wave — a wave made with the fingers permanent, permanent wave, perm — a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
	7.	wave — an undulating curve undulation curve, curved shape — the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes sine curve, sinusoid — the curve of y=sin x
	8.	wave — a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); «a heat wave» cold wave — a wave of unusually cold weather heat wave — a wave of unusually hot weather wave front — all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions — the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; «they were hoping for good weather»; «every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception»; «the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow»
	9.	Wave — 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 reservist — a member of a military reserve adult female, woman — an adult female person (as opposed to a man); «the woman kept house while the man hunted»
Verb	1.	wave — signal with the hands or nod; «She waved to her friends»; «He waved his hand hospitably» beckon gesticulate, gesture, motion — show, express or direct through movement; «He gestured his desire to leave»
	2.	wave — move or swing back and forth; «She waved her gun» brandish, flourish wigwag — send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code move, displace — cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; «Move those boxes into the corner, please»; «I’m moving my money to another bank»; «The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant»
	3.	wave — move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; «The curtains undulated»; «the waves rolled towards the beach» flap, undulate, roll move — move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; «He moved his hand slightly to the right» luff — flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; «the sails luffed»
	4.	wave — twist or roll into coils or ringlets; «curl my hair, please» curl twist — turn in the opposite direction; «twist one’s head» frizz, kink, kink up, frizzle, crape, crimp — curl tightly; «crimp hair»
	5.	wave — set waves in; «she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair» coiffe, coiffure, coif, arrange, do, dress, set — arrange attractively; «dress my hair for the wedding» marcel — make a marcel in a woman’s hair gauffer, goffer — make wavy with a heated goffering iron; «goffer the trim of the dress» perm — give a permanent wave to; «She perms her hair»

wave

verb

4. flutter, flap, stir, waver, shake, swing, sway, ripple, wag, quiver, undulate, oscillate, move to and fro Flags were waving gently in the breeze.

noun

5. surge, welling up, rush, flood, thrill, stab, shiver, feeling, tingle, spasm, upsurge, frisson She felt a wave of grief flood over her.

7. stream, flood, surge, spate, current, movement, flow, rush, tide, torrent, deluge, upsurge the wave of immigrants flooding into the country

make waves cause trouble, stir up trouble If I start making waves I’ll end up getting the sack.

wave something or someone aside or away dismiss, reject, ignore, discount, disregard, play down, shrug off, spurn, rebuff, brush aside, repudiate, pooh-pooh (informal), treat with contempt Rachel waved aside his protests.

wave something or someone down flag down (only used with a vehicle as the object) stop, signal, summon, shout to He vainly attempted to wave down a taxi.

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wave

verb

1. To move to and fro vigorously and usually repeatedly:

2. To move or cause to move about while being fixed at one edge:

3. To move (one’s arms or wings, for example) up and down:

4. To wield boldly and dramatically:

5. To have or cause to have a curved or sinuous form or surface:

Translations

تَلْويحة باليَدحُزْمَةٌ مَوْجِيَّهزِيادَه، إرْتِفاعموجمَوْج

vlnamávatmávnutí

bølgevinkvinkefå håret lagt i bølgerfald

laine

aaltoheiluttaa kättään

valmahatitalas

hullámintegetloboghajhullám

alda, bylgjablaktabylgjabylgja, alda, báraliîa

手を振る波

손 흔들기손을 흔들다파도

unda

bangabangos ilgisbanguotasbanguotibanguotis

cirtascirtotcirtotiesmājiensmāt

naondulovaťpovievaťzamávanie

mahatimahljajplapolatival

vågvågorvinka

โบกมือการโบกมือคลื่น

sóngvẫy tay

wave

[weɪv]

A. N

5. (in brain) → onda f

wave about wave around VT + ADV [+ object, arms] → agitar

wave aside VT + ADV (= dismiss) [+ suggestion, objection] (verbally) → rechazar, desechar; (with gesture) → rechazar con (un gesto de) la mano
I told her how much I appreciated her help but she waved aside my thanks → le dije cuánto apreciaba su ayuda, pero ella le quitó importancia (con un gesto de la mano)

wave off VT + ADV to wave sb off → decir adiós a algn con la mano
she came to the pier to wave us off → vino al muelle para decirnos adiós

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wave

[ˈweɪv]

(= hold up and move) [+ handkerchief, paper] → agiter; [+ flag] → agiter; [+ stick, knife] → brandir

wave

(in order to give a sign or greeting) → winken mit (at, to sb jdm); (= to wave about) → schwenken; (gesticulating, in a dangerous manner) → herumfuchteln mit; to wave one’s hand to somebody → jdm winken; he waved a greeting to the crowd → er winkte grüßend der Menge zu; to wave somebody goodbye, to wave goodbye to somebody → jdm zum Abschied winken; he waved his hat → er schwenkte seinen Hut; he waved the ticket under my nose → er fuchtelte mir mit der Karte vor der Nase herum; he waved his stick at the children who were stealing the apples → er drohte den Kindern, die die Äpfel stahlen, mit dem Stock; he waved his fist at the intruders → er drohte den Eindringlingen mit der Faust

(to indicate sb should move) he waved the children across the road → er winkte die Kinder über die Straße; he waved me over to his table → er winkte mich zu sich an den Tisch; he waved me over → er winkte mich zu sich herüber

wave

waveband

n (Rad) → Wellenband nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wave

[weɪv]

1. n

a. (gen) (Phys, Radio) → onda; (in hair, on surface) → ondulazione f (fig) (of enthusiasm, strikes) → ondata
in waves → a ondate
short/medium/long wave (Radio) → onde fpl corte/medie/lunghe
the new wave (Cine) → la nouvelle vague (Mus) → la new wave

3. vi

c. (hair) → essere mosso/a or ondulato/a

wave about wave around vt + adv (object) → agitare
to wave one’s arms about (in talking) → gesticolare

wave down vt + adv to wave sb/a car down → far segno a qn/a un’auto di fermarsi

wave off vt + adv to wave sb off → salutare qn

wave

(weiv) noun

1. a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water. rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.

2. a vibration travelling eg through the air. radio waves; sound waves; light waves.

3. a curve or curves in the hair. Are those waves natural?

4. a (usually temporary) rise or increase. the recent crime wave; a wave of violence; The pain came in waves.

5. an act of waving. She recognized me, and gave me a wave.

verb

1. to move backwards and forwards or flutter. The flags waved gently in the breeze.

2. to (cause hair to) curve first one way then the other. She’s had her hair waved; Her hair waves naturally.

3. to make a gesture (of greeting etc) with (eg the hand). She waved to me across the street; Everyone was waving handkerchiefs in farewell; They waved goodbye.

ˈwavy adjective

(of hair) full of waves. Her hair is wavy but her sister’s hair is straight.

ˈwaviness nounˈwave(band) noun

a range of wavelengths on which eg radio signals are broadcast.

ˈwavelength noun

the distance from any given point on one (radio etc) wave to the corresponding point on the next.

wave aside

to dismiss (a suggestion etc) without paying much attention to it.

wave

→ مَوْج, مَوْجَة, يُلَوِح mávat, mávnutí, vlna bølge, vink, vinke Geste, Welle, winken γνέφω, κύμα decir adiós/saludar con la mano, gesto, ola, saludar con la mano aalto, heiluttaa kättään saluer, signe de la main, vague mahati, val agitare, gesto, onda 手を振る, 波 손 흔들기, 손을 흔들다, 파도 golf, zwaai, zwaaien bølge, vinke fala, zafalować acenar, aceno, onda волна, махать våg, vågor, vinka โบกมือ, การโบกมือ, คลื่น dalga, el sallamak sóng, vẫy tay 挥手, 波浪

wave

n. onda, ondulación; ademán de la mano.

1. movimiento o vibración ondulante que tiene una dirección fija y prosigue en una curva de ondulación;

2. representación gráfica de una actividad tal como la obtenida en un encefalograma;

brain ___ -s → ___ -s cerebrales;

electromagnetic ___ -s → ___ -s electromagnéticas;

excitation ___ → ___ de excitación;

high-frequency ___ → ___ de alta frecuencia;

short ___ → ___ corta;

ultrasonic ___ -s → ___ -s ultrasónicas;

___ length → longitud de ___;

v. hacer señales o ademanes con la mano.

wave

n ola; (sound, light, etc.) onda; brain — onda cerebral; heat — ola de calor; shock — onda de choque

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