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English to English noun
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one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) |  | source: wordnet30
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a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon | | Example: a wave of settlers
troops advancing in waves
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(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | | source: wordnet30
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something that rises rapidly | | Example: 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
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the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | | source: wordnet30
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a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair | | source: wordnet30
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an undulating curve | | source: wordnet30
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a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | | Example: a heat wave
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a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch | | source: wordnet30
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An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. | | source: webster1913
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Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm. | | source: webster1913 verb
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signal with the hands or nod | | Example: She waved to her friends
He waved his hand hospitably
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move or swing back and forth | | Example: She waved her gun
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move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | | Example: The curtains undulated
the waves rolled towards the beach
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twist or roll into coils or ringlets | | Example: curl my hair, please
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set waves in | | Example: she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
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See Waive. | | source: webster1913
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To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. | | source: webster1913
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To move one way and the other; to brandish. | | source: webster1913
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