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    wave
    [weɪv]
    verb
    wave (verb) · waves (third person present) · waved (past tense) · waved (past participle) · waving (present participle)
    1. move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal:
      "he waved to me from the train"
    2. move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point:
      "the flag waved in the wind"
    3. style (hair) so that it curls slightly:
      "her hair had been carefully waved for the evening"
    noun
    wave (noun) · waves (plural noun) · the waves (plural noun)
    1. a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore:
      "he was swept out to sea by a freak wave"
    2. a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion:
      "its remarkable how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness" · "fear came over me in waves"
    3. a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro:
      "he gave a little wave and walked off"
    4. physics
      a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound. See also standing wave and travelling wave.
      • a single curve in the course of a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance.
      • a periodic variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum.
    Origin
    Old English wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.
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    Get a quick, free translation! WAVE definition: 1. to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone…. Learn more.
    wave usually implies smooth or continuous motion. flourish suggests vigorous, ostentatious, graceful movement. brandish implies threatening or menacing motion. thrash suggests vigorous, abrupt, violent movement. Verb We waved to our friends through the window. She was waving in the direction of the bridge. Flags were waving in the breeze.
    Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel. Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency. If you refer to a wave of a particular feeling, you mean that it increases quickly and becomes very intense, and then often decreases again. A wave of sympathy for her swept Ireland.
    A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location. Consider a slinky wave as an example of a wave. When the slinky is stretched from end to end and is held at rest, it assumes a natural position known as the equilibrium or rest position.
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