Waves

/weɪvz/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters

Definition of Waves

verb

  1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.

    "If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law."

  2. To put aside, avoid.
  3. To outlaw (someone).
  4. To abandon, give up (someone or something).

verb

  1. To move from side to side; to sway.
  2. To stray, wander.

verb

  1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

    "The flag waved in the gentle breeze."

  2. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  3. (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

    "I waved goodbye from across the room."

  4. To have an undulating or wavy form.
  5. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

noun

  1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

    "The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore."

  2. The ocean.
  3. A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
  4. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.

    "Her hair had a nice wave to it."

  5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.

Anagrams of Waves

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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