'Wave' definitions:
Definition of 'wave'
From: WordNet
noun
One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) [syn: wave, moving ridge]
noun
A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
noun
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth [syn: wave, undulation]
noun
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"
noun
noun
A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
noun
An undulating curve [syn: wave, undulation]
noun
A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave"
noun
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
verb
Signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave]
verb
verb
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]
verb
Twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" [syn: curl, wave]
verb
Set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
Definition of 'Wave'
From: GCIDE
- Wave \Wave\ (w[=a]v), v. t. See Waive. --Sir H. Wotton. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wave'
From: GCIDE
- Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved; p. pr. & vb. n. Waving.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to w[ae]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[=a]fa to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. [1913 Webster]
- His purple robes waved careless to the winds. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
- Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wave'
From: GCIDE
- Wave \Wave\, n. [From Wave, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]138. See Wave, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] "Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm; waves of applause. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Wave front (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances.
- Wave length (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs.
- Wave line (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system.
- Wave-line system, Wave-line theory (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed.
- Wave loaf, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27.
- Wave moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to Acidalia and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings.
- Wave offering, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11.
- Wave of vibration (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body.
- Wave surface. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under Refraction.
- Wave theory. (Physics) See Undulatory theory, under Undulatory. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wave'
From: GCIDE
- Wave \Wave\, v. t.
- 1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. "[Aeneas] waved his fatal sword." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. [1913 Webster]
- Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removed ground. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'wave'
From: GCIDE
- Waive \Waive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waived; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. Vibrate, Waif.] [Written also wave.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. [1913 Webster]
- He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) (a) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. (b) (O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accost,
- address,
- advertise,
- affect,
- Afro,
- air,
- ambages,
- amplitude,
- anfractuosity,
- antinode,
- barber,
- be poised,
- beat,
- beat the drum,
- betoken,
- bicker,
- billow,
- blazon forth,
- bob,
- bobble,
- bore,
- bow,
- brandish,
- brandishing,
- break,
- breakers,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- careen,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- circuitousness,
- circumambages,
- circumbendibus,
- circumlocution,
- circumvolution,
- coggle,
- coif,
- coiffure,
- cold wave,
- comb,
- comber,
- conk,
- convolution,
- crash,
- crest,
- crinkle,
- crinkling,
- curtsy,
- dance,
- dangle,
- dash,
- de Broglie wave,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- diffraction,
- dip,
- dirty water,
- disclose,
- display,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- eagre,
- ebb and flow,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- electromagnetic wave,
- emblazon,
- embody,
- embrace,
- enact,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exchange colors,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- flag,
- flag down,
- flap,
- flash,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- flexuosity,
- flexuousness,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- float,
- flop,
- flourish,
- flourishing,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- fly,
- frequency,
- frequency band,
- frequency spectrum,
- give a signal,
- give sign,
- give the nod,
- give token,
- glance,
- go pitapat,
- gravity wave,
- greeting,
- ground swell,
- guided wave,
- gutter,
- hail,
- hail and speak,
- haircut,
- hairdo,
- hairstyle,
- half-mast,
- hand-clasp,
- handshake,
- headdress,
- heave,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- hello,
- highlight,
- hoist a banner,
- hold up,
- home permanent,
- how-do-you-do,
- hug,
- illuminate,
- in phase,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- interference,
- intorsion,
- involution,
- kick,
- kiss,
- leer,
- librate,
- lift,
- light,
- longitudinal wave,
- lop,
- lurch,
- make a sign,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- meander,
- meandering,
- mechanical wave,
- natural,
- nod,
- node,
- nudge,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- out of phase,
- palpitate,
- parade,
- peak,
- pendulate,
- perform,
- period,
- periodic wave,
- permanent,
- permanent wave,
- pitch,
- pitter-patter,
- poke,
- pompadour,
- popple,
- present,
- process,
- produce,
- pulse,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- radio wave,
- raise a cry,
- ray,
- reel,
- reinforcement,
- represent,
- resonance,
- resonance frequency,
- resonate,
- reveal,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- rise,
- rise and fall,
- rivulation,
- rock,
- roll,
- roll out,
- roller,
- rough water,
- salutation,
- salute,
- scend,
- sea,
- seismic wave,
- send,
- set forth,
- shake,
- shaking,
- shingle,
- shock wave,
- show,
- show forth,
- sign,
- signal,
- signalize,
- sinuation,
- sinuosity,
- sinuousness,
- slat,
- slinkiness,
- smash,
- smile,
- smile of recognition,
- snakiness,
- sound an alarm,
- sound the trumpet,
- sound wave,
- speak,
- splutter,
- sport,
- spotlight,
- sputter,
- surf,
- surface wave,
- surge,
- swag,
- sway,
- swell,
- swing,
- swinging,
- throb,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- token,
- torsion,
- tortility,
- tortuosity,
- tortuousness,
- toss,
- touch,
- transverse wave,
- trim,
- trot out,
- trough,
- trumpet,
- trumpet forth,
- tsunami,
- turning,
- twisting,
- undulate,
- undulation,
- unfold,
- unfurl a flag,
- vacillate,
- vaunt,
- vibrate,
- wag,
- waggle,
- water wave,
- wave a flag,
- wave equation,
- wave motion,
- wave number,
- wave the hand,
- wavelength,
- wavelet,
- waver,
- waving,
- white horses,
- whitecaps,
- wield,
- wigwag,
- winding,
- wink,
- wobble
Words containing 'Wave'
- Waved,
- Waving,
- wave off,
- Cold wave,
- H waves,
- Pulse wave,
- Tidal wave,
- Tide wave,
- Wave front,
- Wave length,
- Wave line,
- Wave loaf,
- Wave moth,
- Wave of vibration,
- Wave offering,
- Wave surface,
- Wave theory,
- acoustic wave,
- air wave,
- alpha wave,
- beta wave,
- blast wave,
- brain wave,
- carrier wave,
- crestless wave,
- crime wave,
- delta wave,
- electromagnetic wave,
- finger wave,
- flag waving,
- gravitation wave,
- gravity wave,
- ground wave,
- heat wave,
- hertzian wave,
- ionospheric wave,
- long wave,
- medium wave,
- new wave,
- permanent wave,
- radio wave,
- rolling wave,
- shock wave,
- short wave,
- sine wave,
- sky wave,
- solitary wave,
- soliton wave,
- sound wave,
- standing wave,
- stationary wave,
- theta wave,
- traveling wave,
- travelling wave,
- wave angle,
- wave equation,
- wave form,
- wave guide,
- wave mechanics,
- wave number,
- wave offerings,
- wave shape,
- wave train,
- wave-off,
- Wave-worn,
- flag-waving,
- schrodinger wave equation,
- wave theory of light,
- Wave-line system,
- Wave-line theory,
- full-wave rectifier,
- wave-particle duality