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wave
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Meanings
verb
  • move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.
    E.g. he waved to me from the train
  • move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point.
    E.g. the flag waved in the wind
  • style (hair) so that it curls slightly.
    E.g. her hair had been carefully waved for the evening
noun
  • a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
    E.g. he was swept out to sea by a freak wave
  • a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion.
    E.g. a wave of strikes had paralysed the government
  • a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro.
    E.g. he gave a little wave and walked off
  • a slightly curling lock of hair.
    E.g. his hair was drying in unruly waves
  • 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.

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