Waves
/weɪvz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Waves
verb
verb
- To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
"The flag waved in the gentle breeze."
- To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (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."
- To have an undulating or wavy form.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- 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."
- The ocean.
- A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
"Her hair had a nice wave to it."
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
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