Wave

Definition:

  • (v. t.) See Waive.
  • (v. i.) To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
  • (v. i.) To be moved to and fro as a signal.
  • (v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
  • (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to brandish.
  • (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
  • (v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
  • (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
  • (v. i.) Water; a body of water.
  • (v. i.) Unevenness; inequality of surface.
  • (v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
  • (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
  • (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
  • (n.) Woe.

Compare wave with other words:

wane vs. wave

wave vs. waved

cave vs. wave

wave vs. wavey

rave vs. wave

pave vs. wave

wade vs. wave

wale vs. wave

ave vs. wave

forgo vs. wave

lave vs. wave

ware vs. wave

wase vs. wave

wave vs. wive

wae vs. wave

nave vs. wave

wake vs. wave

have vs. wave

gave vs. wave

save vs. wave

wave vs. wove

wave vs. weave

wage vs. wave

light vs. wave

fluctuate vs. wave

curl vs. wave

frequency vs. wave

wave vs. wrinkle

ocean vs. wave

flap vs. wave

egg vs. wave

undulary vs. wave

wave vs. wawe

dicrotism vs. wave

surfy vs. wave

circumundulate vs. wave

ender vs. wave

sway vs. wave

hail vs. wave

current vs. wave

torrent vs. wave

tide vs. wave

undulant vs. wave

wave vs. waviness

clipper vs. wave

beckoning vs. wave

comber vs. wave

swash vs. wave

billowy vs. wave

scattering vs. wave

flote vs. wave

choppy vs. wave

flutter vs. wave

wag vs. wave

waive vs. wave

glassy vs. wave

propagation vs. wave

pooping vs. wave

roller vs. wave

beckon vs. wave

floater vs. wave

reflection vs. wave

interference vs. wave

sinusoidal vs. wave

flail vs. wave

refraction vs. wave

undulate vs. wave

diffraction vs. wave

trough vs. wave

billow vs. wave

snap vs. wave

radiate vs. wave

coherent vs. wave

brandish vs. wave

surf vs. wave

attenuation vs. wave

celerity vs. wave

fluctuation vs. wave

crest vs. wave

breaker vs. wave

lull vs. wave

broach vs. wave

flaunt vs. wave

wave vs. wavelet

stampede vs. wave

theory vs. wave

predicted vs. wave

level vs. wave

field vs. wave

energy vs. wave

undulation vs. wave

water vs. wave

disturbance vs. wave

moving vs. wave

signal vs. wave

hair vs. wave

cause vs. wave

undulating vs. wave

wave vs. wavy

repeatedly vs. wave

hand vs. wave

forth vs. wave

back vs. wave

radiation vs. wave

period vs. wave

content vs. wave

wave vs. waver

adrift vs. wave

medium vs. wave

horn vs. wave

chop vs. wave

high vs. wave

swing vs. wave

swell vs. wave

catch vs. wave

break vs. wave

bore vs. wave

gun vs. wave

pulse vs. wave

oscillation vs. wave

demonstration vs. wave