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Definitions for Wave

[1] a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
[2] any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea: a wave of the pulse.
[3] a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition: a wave of disgust sweeping over a person; a wave of cholera throughout the country.
[4] a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism; the new wave of installment buying.
[5] a mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds.
[6] an outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation.
[7] an act or instance of waving.
[8] a fluttering sign or signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.: a farewell wave.
[9] natural waviness of the hair, or a special treatment to impart waviness: to have a wave in one's hair; to get a shampoo and a wave.
[10] a period or spell of unusually hot or cold weather.
[11] Physics . a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light.
[12] Literary . water. a body of water. the sea.
[13] (at sports events, especially baseball games) a momentary standing and sitting back down by spectators in a sequential, lateral way to create, en masse, a wavelike effect visually.
[14] to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.: The flags were waving in the wind.
[15] to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form: The road waved along the valley.
[16] to bend or sway up and down or to and fro, as branches or plants in the wind.
[17] to be moved, especially alternately in opposite directions: The woman's handkerchief waved in encouragement.
[18] to give a signal by fluttering or flapping something: She waved to me with her hand.
[19] to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in: A night wind waves the tattered banners.
[20] to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro: The storm waved the heavy branches of the elm.
[21] to give an undulating form to; cause to curve up and down or in and out.
[22] to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk.
[23] to impart a wave to (the hair).
[24] to move, especially alternately in opposite directions: to wave the hand.
[25] to signal to by waving a flag or the like; direct by a waving movement: to wave a train to a halt; to wave traffic around an obstacle.
[26] to signify or express by a waving movement: to wave a last goodbye.
[27] make waves , Informal . to disturb the status quo; cause trouble, as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules, procedures, etc.: The best way to stay out of trouble at the office is not to make waves.
[28] a member of the Waves.
[29] to move or cause to move freely to and fro the banner waved in the wind
[30] (intr) to move the hand to and fro as a greeting
[31] to signal or signify by or as if by waving something
[32] (tr) to direct to move by or as if by waving something he waved me on
[33] to form or be formed into curves, undulations, etc
[34] (tr) to give a wavy or watered appearance to (silk, etc)
[35] (tr) to set waves in (the hair)
[36] one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid, esp the sea: created by the wind or a moving object and gravity
[37] any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wave a wave across the field of corn
[38] the waves the sea
[39] anything that suggests the movement of a wave, as by a sudden rise a crime wave
[40] a widespread movement that advances in a body a wave of settlers swept into the country
[41] the act or an instance of waving
[42] physics an oscillation propagated through a medium or space such that energy is periodically interchanged between two kinds of disturbance. For example, an oscillating electric field generates a magnetic oscillation and vice versa, hence an electromagnetic wave is produced. Similarly a wave on a liquid comprises vertical and horizontal displacements See also antinode, longitudinal wave, node, standing wave, transverse wave
[43] physics a graphical representation of a wave obtained by plotting the magnitude of the disturbance against time at a particular point in the medium or space; waveform
[44] a prolonged spell of some weather condition a heat wave
[45] an undulating curve or series of curves or loose curls in the hair
[46] an undulating pattern or finish on a fabric
[47] short for wave moth
[48] make waves to cause trouble; disturb the status quo
[49] ride the wave US slang to enjoy a period of success and good fortune

Words related to Wave

rush, stream, swell, upsurge, rash, surge, tide, flood, outbreak, sign, crest, influx, movement, fly, flap, twirl, swing, wield, brandish, twist

Words nearby Wave

waukesha, waul, waur, wausau, wauwatosa, wave, wave band, wave cyclone, wave down, wave election, wave energy

Origin of Wave

First recorded in 1942; see origin at Waves

Words that may be confused with Wave

waive, wave

Other words from Wave

wave·less , adjective
wave·less·ly , adverb
wav·ing·ly , adverb
wave·like , adjective
out·wave , verb (used with object), out·waved, out·wav·ing.
un·der·wave , noun
un·der·wav·ing , noun
un·wav·ing , adjective

Word origin for Wave

Old English wafian (vb); related to Old High German weban to weave , Old Norse vafra; see waver ; C16 (n) changed from earlier wāwe, probably from Old English wǣg motion; compare wag 1

Synonyms for Wave

crest, flood, influx, movement, outbreak, rash, rush, sign, stream, surge, swell, tide, upsurge, bending, billow, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crush, curl, curlicue, drift, foam, gush, heave, loop, ridge, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll, roller, scroll, signal, sweep, tendency, tube, twirl, twist, undulation, unevenness, uprising, whitecap, winding, ground swell