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wave  (wv)

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.

2.

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) 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.

n.

1.

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. The sea. Often used in the plural: 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.

5.

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 traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.

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

c. A single cycle of such a disturbance.

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.

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[Middle English waven, from Old English wafian; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]

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waver n.

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wave

Verb

[waving, waved]

1. to move (one's hand) to and fro as a greeting

2. to direct (someone) to move in a particular direction by waving: I waved him on

3. to hold (something) up and move it from side to side in order to attract attention

4. to move freely to and fro: flowers waving in the wind

Noun

1. one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of the sea or a lake

2. a curve in the hair

3. a sudden rise in the frequency or intensity of something: a wave of sympathy

4. a widespread movement that advances in a body: a new wave of refugees

5. a prolonged spell of some particular type of weather: a heat wave

6. the act or an instance of waving

7. Physics an energy-carrying disturbance travelling through a medium or space by a series of vibrations without any overall movement of matter

8. make waves to cause trouble [Old English wafian]

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wave  (wv) 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 wavetransverse wavewave function See Note at refraction.

wave structure of a wave

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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.

Thesaurus

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"

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wave

verb 1. signal, sign, gesture, gesticulate

verb 2. guide, point, direct, indicate, signal, motion, gesture, nod, beckon, point in the direction

verb 3. brandish, swing, flourish, wield, wag, move something to and fro, shake

4. flutter, flap, stir, waver, shake, swing, sway, ripple, wag, quiver, undulate, oscillate, move to and fro

noun 5. gesture, sign, signal, indication, gesticulation

noun 6. ripple, breaker, sea surf, swell, ridge, roller, comber, billow

noun 7. outbreak, trend, rash, upsurge, sweep, flood, tendency, surge, ground swell

8. stream, flood, surge, spate, current, movement, flow, rush, tide, torrent, deluge, upsurge

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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.

Translations

wave [weɪv] n → ola; [of hand] → señal f con la mano;

(RADIO), (in hair) → onda;

(fig) [of enthusiasm, strikes] → oleada

vi → agitar la mano; [flag] → ondear

vt [+ handkerchief, gun] → agitar;

short/medium/long wave (RADIO) → onda corta/media/larga;

the new wave (CINE, MUS) → la nueva ola;

to wave goodbye to sb → decir adiós a algn con la mano;

he waved us over to his table → nos hizo señas (con la mano) para que nos acercásemos a su mesa

wave aside, wave away vt [+ person]: to wave sb aside → apartar a algn con la mano;

(fig) [+ suggestion, objection]; rechazar [+ doubts]; desechar

wave [weɪv] n → vague f [of hand]; geste m, signe m;

(Radio) → onde f;

(in hair) → ondulation f (fig) [of enthusiasm, strikes etc]; vague

vi → faire signe de la main; [flag] → flotter au vent; [grass] → ondoyer

vt [+ handkerchief] → agiter [+ stick]; brandir [+ hair]; onduler;

short/medium wave (Radio) → ondes courtes/moyennes;

long wave (Radio) → grandes ondes;

the new wave (Cine, Mus) → la nouvelle vague;

to wave goodbye to sb → dire au revoir de la main à qn

wave aside

wave away vt (fig) [+ suggestion, objection]; rejeter, repousser: [+ doubts]; chasser [+ person];

to wave sb aside → faire signe à qn de s'écarter

wave [weɪv] n (also fig) → Welle f;

(of hand) → Winken nt

vi (= signal) → winken; [branches] → sich hin und her bewegen; [grass] → wogen; [flag] → wehen

vt [+ hand, flag etc] → winken mit [+ gun, stick]; schwenken [+ hair]; wellen;

short/medium/long wave (Radio) → Kurz-/Mittel-/Langwelle f;

the new wave (Cine, Mus) → die neue Welle f;

he waved us over to his table → er winkte uns zu seinem Tisch hinüber;

to wave goodbye to sb → jdm zum Abschied winken

wave aside wave vt (fig) [+ suggestion etc]; zurückweisen

wave [weɪv] n → onda; [of hand] → gesto, segno;

(in hair) → ondulazione f;

(fig) [of enthusiasm, strikes etc] → ondata

vi → fare un cenno con la mano; [flag] → sventolare

vt [+ handkerchief] → sventolare [+ stick]; brandire [+ hair]; ondulare;

short/medium/long wave (RADIO) → onde corte/medie/lunghe;

the new wave (CINE, MUS) → la new wave;

to wave sb goodbye, to wave goodbye to sb → fare un cenno d'addio a qn;

he waved us over to his table → ci invitò con un cenno al suo tavolo

wave aside

wave away vt [+ person]: to wave sb aside → fare cenno a qn di spostarsi;

(fig) [+ suggestion, objection]; respingere, rifiutare: [+ doubts]; scacciare

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wave

n wave [weiv]

1 a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.golfمَوْجَهвълнаvlnabølgedie Welleκύμαolalaineموجaaltovagueגַלलहरेंvalhullámombakbylgja, alda, báraonda波물결, 파도bangavilnisombakgolfbølgefalaondavalволнаvlnavaltalasvågระลอกคลื่นdalga波浪хвиляلہرsóng波浪

2 a vibration travelling eg through the air radio waves; sound waves; light waves.golfمَوْجَةٌ صوتيَّه أو ضوئِيَّهвълнаvlnabølge; -bølgedie Welleκύμα, δόνησηondalaineجنبشaaltoondeגַלतरंगvalhullámgelombangbylgjaonda音[]波파동, 파bangavilnisgelombanggolfbølgefalaondaundăволнаvlnavalovanjetalasvågการเคลื่อนย้ายที่เหมือนกับกระแสคลื่นdalga(電、聲、光)波хвиляموجsóng điện từ（电、声、光）波

3 a curve or curves in the hair Are those waves natural?golfمَوجَةٌ في الشَّعرْ، تَمَوُّجизвивкаvlnafalddie Welleκατσάρωμαonda, ondulación(juukse)laineفرlaineondulationגַלलहरेंval(haj)hullámombakliður, krullaondulazioneウェーブ웨이브banga(matu) cirtasikal, kerintinggolvingfall, bølgefalaondaondulaţieволнистостьvlnakodertalasvågลอนผมdalga(頭發的)波浪хвилястість; хвиляبالوں کا خمgợn sóng（头发的）波浪

4 a (usually temporary) rise or increase the recent crime wave; a wave of violence; The pain came in waves.golfزِيادَه، إرْتِفاعвълна отvlnabølgedie Welleκύμα, τάσηolalaineفراز و فرودaaltovagueגַלउछालvalhullámgelombang(glæpa)alda, bylgjaondata高まり증가, 상향 곡선protrūkisvilnissesuatu peristiwa atau perasaangolfbølgefalaondavalподъём, волнаvlnavaltalasvågการหลั่งไหลทะลักของฝูงชน... dalgası; artış高潮підніматисяاضافہsự tăng lên高潮

5 an act of waving She recognized me, and gave me a wave.waaiتَلْويحة باليَدпомаханеzamávánívinkdas Winkenχαιρετισμός, γνέψιμοseñal/saludo/ademán con la manoviibeمواجheilautussigne de la mainנִפנוּףइशारा करनाmahanjeintéslambaianvink, veifcenno手を振る合図(손·손수건 등을) 흔들기mojavimas(rokas) mājiensmelambaiwuivend gebaarvinking, viftmachnięcie, skinięcieaceno de mãosemn cu mânaвзмах(za)kývanie, pokynutiemahanjemahanjevinkningโบกมือทักทายel sallama(用手揮動)表示致意，示意помах, змахہاتھ کا اشارہsự vẫy tay（用手挥动）表示致意，示意

v

1 to move backwards and forwards or flutter The flags waved gently in the breeze.waaiيَموجвея сеvlátvajewehenκυματίζωondularlehvi(ta)maتكان خوردنliehuaflotter (au vent)לְנוֹפֵףलहरानाljuljati se, mahatilobogberkibarblaktasventolare揺れ動く흔들리다, 나부끼다plazdėtiviļņoties; plīvotberkibarwapperenvifte, vaie, svingefalować, powiewaćondulara flutura (în vânt)развеватьсяviať, povievaťplapolatilepršatibölja, fladdraโบกไปมาdalgalanmak飄揚розвіватися, майорітиلہراناvẫy nhẹ飘扬

2 to (cause hair to) curve first one way then the other She's had her hair waved; Her hair waves naturally.gegolfيَلوح، يَتَمَوَّجизвивам сеvlnit se; (na)ondulovatfå håret lagt i bølger(sich) wellenκατσαρώνω, κάνω περμανάντ, είμαι κατσαρόςondularlaineliseks tegema, lainesse hoidmaفر زدنlaineittaaondulerלְסַלסֵלलहरदारuvijati sehullámosmengombakliða(st)ondulareウェーブしている웨이브지다; 웨이브지게 하다banguoti(s)[]cirtot (matus); cirtotieskerinting(doen) golvenlegge håret; ha naturlig fall; ta permanentfalować, ondulowaćondear(-se)a ondulaзавить; витьсяvlniť sa; naondulovaťkodrati (se)talasati[] göra vågig, [] självfallทำให้เป็นลอนperma yaptırmak使頭發成波浪形витися, кучерявитисяخم کھاناuốn cong使头发成波浪形

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.waaiيُلَوِّح بِيَدِهмахам с ръкаmávatvinkewinkenχαιρετώ, γνέφω κουνώντας το χέρι, ανεμίζωsaludar (con la mano)viipamaاشاره كردنvilkuttaasaluer d'un signe de la mainלְנַפנֵףअभिवादन करनाmahnutiintegetmelambaiveifa, vinka(fare segno)振って合図する(손 등을) 흔들어 인사하다mojuoti, mosuoti[]māt; vicināt rokumelambaiwuivenvinkemachnąć, skinąćacenara face semn cu mânaмахать(za)mávať, (za)kývať(po)mahatimahativinkaโบกเพื่อทักทายหรือส่งสัญญาณel sallamak招手致意робити знак рукою; махатиملاقات یا رخصت کے وقت ہاتھ ہلاناvẫy招手致意

adj ˈwavy

(of hair) full of waves Her hair is wavy but her sister's hair is straight.golwendمُتَمَوِّج، تَمَوُّجيвълнистzvlněný, kudrnatýbølgetgewelltκατσαρός, κυματιστόςonduladolainelineموج دارaaltoilevaonduléגַלִיपेचदारvalovithullámosberombakliðaður, krullaðurondulatoウェーブしている굽이치는banguotasviļņains; cirtainsberombak, ikalgolvendbølget, bølgendefalujący, falistyonduladoon­dulatвьющийсяzvlnený, kučeravývalovittalasastvågigที่มีลักษณะเป็นคลื่นdalgalı(頭發)多波浪的хвилястийپُر خمlượn sóng（头发）多波浪的

n ˈwaviness

golwendheidتَمَوُّجвълнениеvlnitostbølgende egenskabdie Gewelltheitκυμάτισμα, κυματισμόςondulaciónlainelisusموجيaaltoiluondulation(s)גַלִיוּתलहरदारvalovitosthullámosságkeadaan berombakbylgjótt yfirborðondulazione波状굽이침, 기복banguotumasviļņainumsberombak, ikalhet golvenbølgende egenskapfalistośćondulaçãovălureleволнистостьvlnitosťvalovitosttalasastostvågighetการมีลักษณะเป็นคลื่นdalgalı olma, dalgalılık波浪形хвилястістьلہردار ہوناsự gợn sóng波浪形

n ˈwave(band)

a range of wavelengths on which eg radio signals are broadcast. golf, golfbandحُزْمَةٌ مَوْجِيَّهрадио вълниvlnové pásmo(bølge-)bånddas Wellenbandζώνη συχνοτήτωνbanda de ondas/frecuenciaslainealaموجtaajuusaluebande de fréquencesגַלतरंग-पट्टीradio valhullámsávgelombangtíðnisvið(gamma di lunghezza d'onda)周波数帯주파대banga(radio) viļņu diapazonsjalur gelombanggolfbandbølgebåndfalefaixa de ondasbandă de frecvenţăдиапазон волнvlnové pásmovalovni pastalasna dužinavåglängdsområdeแถบคลื่นความถี่; แถบคลื่นวิทยุdalga bandı(無線電的)波段діапазон хвильلاسلکی لہریںdải sóng điện từ（无线电的）波段

n ˈwavelength

the distance from any given point on one (radio etc) wave to the corresponding point on the next. golflengteطول مَوْجيдължина на вълнатаvlnová délkabølgelængdedie Wellenlängeμήκος κύματοςlongitud de ondalainepikkusطول موجaallonpituuslongueur d'ondesאוֹרֶך גַלतरंग दैर्ध्यvalna dužinahullámhosszpanjang gelombangbylgjulengdlunghezza d'onda波長파장bangos ilgisviļņa garumspanjang atau jarak gelombanggolflengtebølgelengdedługość fali, falecomprimento de ondalungime de undăдлина волныvlnová dĺžkavalovna dolžinatalasna dužinavåglängdช่วงความยาวคลื่นdalga uzunluğu波長довжина хвильلاسلکی وغیرہ کی شعاعوں کی لمباءیbước sóng波长

wave aside

to dismiss (a suggestion etc) without paying much attention to it. wegwys, ignoreerيُبْعِدُ، يَطْرُدотмятамmávnout rukou (nad)feje til sideabwinkenαπορρίπτωrechazar, desechar, apartarkõrvale heitmaناديده گرفتن پيشنهادhuitaista kädelläänécarter d'un gesteלְנוֹפֵףखारिज कर देनाodbiti štoelutasítmengenyampingkanvirða að vettugi, vísa frá sérscartareはねつける(제안 등을) 퇴짜 놓다, 물리치다atmestinoraidītmengabaikanwegwuivenavfeiezlekceważyćrejeitara res­pinge cu un gestотмахнутьсяmávnuť rukou (nad)odbiti s kretnjoodbacitivifta bortไม่ยอมรับ; ปฏิเสธbir kenara itmek, kulak asmamak對...置之不理відмахуватисяکسی کی راءے منظور کرنے سے انکار کر دیناgạt phăng对...置之不理