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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. golf مَوْجَه вълна vlna bølge die Welle κύμα ola laine موج aalto vague גַל लहरें val hullám ombak bylgja, alda, bára onda 波 물결, 파도 banga vilnis ombak golf bølge fala onda val волна vlna val talas våg ระลอกคลื่น dalga 波浪 хвиля لہر sóng 波浪

2 a vibration travelling eg through the air radio waves; sound waves; light waves. golf مَوْجَةٌ صوتيَّه أو ضوئِيَّه вълна vlna bølge; -bølge die Welle κύμα, δόνηση onda laine جنبش aalto onde גַל तरंग val hullám gelombang bylgja onda 音[]波 파동, 파 banga vilnis gelombang golf bølge fala onda undă волна vlna valovanje talas våg การเคลื่อนย้ายที่เหมือนกับกระแสคลื่น dalga (電、聲、光)波 хвиля موج sóng điện từ （电、声、光）波

3 a curve or curves in the hair Are those waves natural? golf مَوجَةٌ في الشَّعرْ، تَمَوُّج извивка vlna fald die Welle κατσάρωμα onda, ondulación (juukse)laine فر laine ondulation גַל लहरें val (haj)hullám ombak liður, krulla ondulazione ウェーブ 웨이브 banga (matu) cirtas ikal, kerinting golving fall, bølge fala onda ondulaţie волнистость vlna koder talas våg ลอนผม dalga (頭發的)波浪 хвилястість; хвиля بالوں کا خم gợn 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. golf زِيادَه، إرْتِفاع вълна от vlna bølge die Welle κύμα, τάση ola laine فراز و فرود aalto vague גַל उछाल val hullám gelombang (glæpa)alda, bylgja ondata 高まり 증가, 상향 곡선 protrūkis vilnis sesuatu peristiwa atau perasaan golf bølge fala onda val подъём, волна vlna val talas våg การหลั่งไหลทะลักของฝูงชน ... dalgası; artış 高潮 підніматися اضافہ sự tăng lên 高潮

5 an act of waving She recognized me, and gave me a wave. waai تَلْويحة باليَد помахане zamávání vink das Winken χαιρετισμός, γνέψιμο señal/saludo/ademán con la mano viibe مواج heilautus signe de la main נִפנוּף इशारा करना mahanje intés lambaian vink, veif cenno 手を振る合図 (손·손수건 등을) 흔들기 mojavimas (rokas) mājiens melambai wuivend gebaar vinking, vift machnięcie, skinięcie aceno de mão semn cu mâna взмах (za)kývanie, pokynutie mahanje mahanje vinkning โบกมือทักทาย el sallama (用手揮動)表示致意，示意 помах, змах ہاتھ کا اشارہ sự 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. waai يَموج вея се vlát vaje wehen κυματίζω ondular lehvi(ta)ma تكان خوردن liehua flotter (au vent) לְנוֹפֵף लहराना ljuljati se, mahati lobog berkibar blakta sventolare 揺れ動く 흔들리다, 나부끼다 plazdėti viļņoties; plīvot berkibar wapperen vifte, vaie, svinge falować, powiewać ondular a flutura (în vânt) развеваться viať, povievať plapolati lepršati bölja, fladdra โบกไปมา dalgalanmak 飄揚 розвіватися, майоріти لہرانا vẫy 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. gegolf يَلوح، يَتَمَوَّج извивам се vlnit se; (na)ondulovat få håret lagt i bølger (sich) wellen κατσαρώνω, κάνω περμανάντ, είμαι κατσαρός ondular laineliseks tegema, lainesse hoidma فر زدن laineittaa onduler לְסַלסֵל लहरदार uvijati se hullámos mengombak liða(st) ondulare ウェーブしている 웨이브지다; 웨이브지게 하다 banguoti(s) []cirtot (matus); cirtoties kerinting (doen) golven legge håret; ha naturlig fall; ta permanent falować, ondulować ondear(-se) a ondula завить; виться vlniť sa; naondulovať kodrati (se) talasati [] göra vågig, [] självfall ทำให้เป็นลอน perma yaptırmak 使頭發成波浪形 витися, кучерявитися خم کھانا uốn 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. waai يُلَوِّح بِيَدِه махам с ръка mávat vinke winken χαιρετώ, γνέφω κουνώντας το χέρι, ανεμίζω saludar (con la mano) viipama اشاره كردن vilkuttaa saluer d'un signe de la main לְנַפנֵף अभिवादन करना mahnuti integet melambai veifa, vinka (fare segno) 振って合図する (손 등을) 흔들어 인사하다 mojuoti, mosuoti []māt; vicināt roku melambai wuiven vinke machnąć, skinąć acenar a face semn cu mâna махать (za)mávať, (za)kývať (po)mahati mahati vinka โบกเพื่อทักทายหรือส่งสัญญาณ el sallamak 招手致意 робити знак рукою; махати ملاقات یا رخصت کے وقت ہاتھ ہلانا vẫy 招手致意

adj ˈwavy

(of hair) full of waves Her hair is wavy but her sister's hair is straight. golwend مُتَمَوِّج، تَمَوُّجي вълнист zvlněný, kudrnatý bølget gewellt κατσαρός, κυματιστός ondulado laineline موج دار aaltoileva ondulé גַלִי पेचदार valovit hullámos berombak liðaður, krullaður ondulato ウェーブしている 굽이치는 banguotas viļņains; cirtains berombak, ikal golvend bølget, bølgende falujący, falisty ondulado on­dulat вьющийся zvlnený, kučeravý valovit talasast vågig ที่มีลักษณะเป็นคลื่น dalgalı (頭發)多波浪的 хвилястий پُر خم lượn sóng （头发）多波浪的

n ˈwaviness

golwendheid تَمَوُّج вълнение vlnitost bølgende egenskab die Gewelltheit κυμάτισμα, κυματισμός ondulación lainelisus موجي aaltoilu ondulation(s) גַלִיוּת लहरदार valovitost hullámosság keadaan berombak bylgjótt yfirborð ondulazione 波状 굽이침, 기복 banguotumas viļņainums berombak, ikal het golven bølgende egenskap falistość ondulação vălurele волнистость vlnitosť valovitost talasastost vågighet การมีลักษณะเป็นคลื่น dalgalı olma, dalgalılık 波浪形 хвилястість لہردار ہونا sự gợn sóng 波浪形

n ˈwave(band)

a range of wavelengths on which eg radio signals are broadcast. golf, golfband حُزْمَةٌ مَوْجِيَّه радио вълни vlnové pásmo (bølge-)bånd das Wellenband ζώνη συχνοτήτων banda de ondas/frecuencias laineala موج taajuusalue bande de fréquences גַל तरंग-पट्टी radio val hullámsáv gelombang tíðnisvið (gamma di lunghezza d'onda) 周波数帯 주파대 banga (radio) viļņu diapazons jalur gelombang golfband bølgebånd fale faixa de ondas bandă de frecvenţă диапазон волн vlnové pásmo valovni pas talasna dužina våglängdsområde แถบคลื่นความถี่; แถบคลื่นวิทยุ dalga bandı (無線電的)波段 діапазон хвиль لاسلکی لہریں dải 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. golflengte طول مَوْجي дължина на вълната vlnová délka bølgelængde die Wellenlänge μήκος κύματος longitud de onda lainepikkus طول موج aallonpituus longueur d'ondes אוֹרֶך גַל तरंग दैर्ध्य valna dužina hullámhossz panjang gelombang bylgjulengd lunghezza d'onda 波長 파장 bangos ilgis viļņa garums panjang atau jarak gelombang golflengte bølgelengde długość fali, fale comprimento de onda lungime de undă длина волны vlnová dĺžka valovna dolžina talasna dužina våglängd ช่วงความยาวคลื่น dalga uzunluğu 波長 довжина хвиль لاسلکی وغیرہ کی شعاعوں کی لمباءی bước sóng 波长

wave aside

to dismiss (a suggestion etc) without paying much attention to it. wegwys, ignoreer يُبْعِدُ، يَطْرُد отмятам mávnout rukou (nad) feje til side abwinken απορρίπτω rechazar, desechar, apartar kõrvale heitma ناديده گرفتن پيشنهاد huitaista kädellään écarter d'un geste לְנוֹפֵף खारिज कर देना odbiti što elutasít mengenyampingkan virða að vettugi, vísa frá sér scartare はねつける (제안 등을) 퇴짜 놓다, 물리치다 atmesti noraidīt mengabaikan wegwuiven avfeie zlekceważyć rejeitar a res­pinge cu un gest отмахнуться mávnuť rukou (nad) odbiti s kretnjo odbaciti vifta bort ไม่ยอมรับ; ปฏิเสธ bir kenara itmek, kulak asmamak 對...置之不理 відмахуватися کسی کی راءے منظور کرنے سے انکار کر دینا gạt phăng 对...置之不理