Wave Meaning

There are 14 meaning(s) for word Wave

Meaning 1 : signal with the hands or nod

    Example : She waved to her friends,He waved his hand hospitably

    Synonyms : beckon
Meaning 2 : move or swing back and forth

    Example : She waved her gun

    Synonyms : brandish,  flourish
Meaning 3 : (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

    Synonyms : undulation
Meaning 4 : an undulating curve

    Synonyms : undulation
Meaning 5 : one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

    Synonyms : moving ridge
Meaning 6 : move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

    Example : the waves rolled towards the beach

    Synonyms : flap,  roll,  undulate
Meaning 7 : twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    Synonyms : curl
Meaning 8 : the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

    Synonyms : wafture,  waving
Meaning 9 : a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

Meaning 10 : 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

Meaning 11 : a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

    Example : a wave of settlers,troops advancing in waves

Meaning 12 : a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

    Example : a heat wave

Meaning 13 : set waves in

    Example : she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair

Meaning 14 : something that rises rapidly

    Example : 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

How to Pronounce Wave

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