Wave

Quick meaning: Wave is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

Meaning

(intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
2. (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
3. (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
4. (transitive) To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
5. (intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
6. (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
7. (transitive, 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.

Example Sentences

The flag waved in the gentle breeze.

I waved goodbye from across the room.

She spoke, and bowing waved / Dismissal.

horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea

Word Forms

• waves
• waving
• waved

Synonyms for wave

Depending on context, synonyms include und, rush, flourish, undulate, flap, undulation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beckon, undulate, undulation, flap, wafture, brandish.

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