Synonyms:
wave, moving_ridge
Meaning: one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Synonyms:
wave
Meaning: a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
Synonyms:
wave, undulation
Meaning: (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Synonyms:
wave
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
wave, waving, wafture
Meaning: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Synonyms:
wave
Meaning: a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
beckon, wave
Meaning: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
Synonyms:
brandish, flourish, wave
Meaning: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
Synonyms:
roll, undulate, flap, wave
Meaning: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
Usage examples
I sat as on the ridge of a wave.
A wave of pure fear flooded him, body, mind, and soul.
Like a dark, noiseless wave the serpent sank down on the ground.
Like an icy wave, a swift and tragic impression swept through him
Like an icy wave, a swift and tragic impression swept through him.
"Not quite honest?" he repeated, caught in a fresh wave of wonder.
The pick bites meanly, the wave grandly; hence a diminution of beauty.
It sounded like the strange warning wave that gives notice of the turn of the tide.
I dismissed my three serfs with a wave of the hand, and went up the beach into the thickets.
Her colour rose in a bright wave, and her eyes clung to his for a swift instant of reminder and appeal.