Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
waving
IPA transcription: [w'eɪvɪŋ]
Pronunciations of waving
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
wave, waving, wafture
Meaning:
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Usage examples
The Old Man stood waving his pipe in the doorway.
The stars twinkled through the softly waving boughs.
The Bird Woman stared across the gently waving swale.
By waving assorted papers I managed to get around to the door of the press gallery.
"I can think of better company if you're going to keep that rifle waving around in the air.
"They're all Pepperses," said Percy, waving his hand, and doing the business up at one stroke.
"Here, Lydia, open the door and let him out," cried Mrs. Jenkins, waving her hand imperatively towards it.
"Is it?" asked Percy, looking with more respect at the piece of cloth Polly was waving alluringly before him.
Pretty silken sea weeds grew around my home and reached their waving branches up, up towards the top of the water.
Hardly had Miss Terry time to conceal herself behind the curtain when she saw a figure approaching, airily waving a stick.
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