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Pronunciation
AHD|w�v, IPA|/weɪv/, SAMPA|/weIv/
audio|en-us-wave.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: waive
Etymology 1
Old English wafian, from Proto-Germanic *wab-, from Proto-Indo-European base *webh- "to move to and fro, to weave".
Verb
en-verb|wav|ing
- intransitive To move back and forth repeatedly.
#: The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
- intransitive To wave one�s hand in greeting or departure.
#: I waved goodbye from across the room.
- intransitive To have an undulating or wavy form.
- intransitive baseball To swing and miss at a pitch.
#: Jones waves at strike one.
- transitive To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
#: The starter waved the flag to begin the race.
- transitive To signal someone or something with a waving movement.
Derived terms
waver
Translations
trans-top|move back and forth repeatedly'
Bosnian: vihoriti, lepršati
Croatian: vihoriti, lepršati
French: flotter (flag)
German: wedeln, schwenken, flattern
trans-mid
Serbian:
trans-bottom
trans-top|wave one�s hand
Arabic: ARchar|ر�ر� (rafráfa)
Bosnian: mahati
Chinese: �� (zh�osh�u)
Croatian: mahati
Dutch: t+|nl|zwaaien
French: t+|fr|saluer
German: t+|de|winken
Italian: agitare la mano
Japanese: ����� (������, furi ugokasu)
Korean: ��� (heundeulda)
trans-mid
Norwegian: vinke
Portuguese: acenar com a mão
Russian: ма�а�� (ma�át�)
Serbian:
Spanish: hacer señal
Swedish: vinka
Telugu: �ప� (oopu)
trans-bottom
have an undulating or wavy form
French: t+|fr|onduler
Etymology 2
Image:Boelge stor.jpg|thumb|The wave after a ferry (1)
An alteration of waw, under influence of the verb; some senses developed directly from the verb.
Noun
en-noun
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of water.
#: The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.
- physics A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
#: Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.
- A shape which alternately curves in opposite directions.
#: Her hair had a nice wave to it.
- A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
#: A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.
#: A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.
#: A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle.
- A sideway movement of the hand(s).
#: With a wave of the hand.
Derived terms
Elliott wave theory
wavelength
waveband
wavy
wavelet
make waves
Translations
Bosnian: t-|bs|talas|m, t-|bs|val|m
Chinese: 波浪 (b�là ng)
Croatian: t+|hr|val|m, t-|hr|talas|m
Czech: vlna f
Danish: bølge
Dutch: t+|nl|golf|m
Estonian: t+|et|laine
Finnish: aalto (1-4)
French: vague f (1,4), onde f (2), ondulation(s) f (3)
German: Welle f (1-4)
Greek: t+|el|κ�μα|n|sc=Grek
Hungarian: hullám
Indonesian: gelombang
Irish: tonn f (1,4), italbrac|of a hand croitheadh m, italbrac|hair casadh m (3)
Italian: t+|it|onda|f
Japanese: æ³¢ (namÃ)
Korean: �� (pado)
Kurdish:
mid
Latin: t+|la|unda|f
Maltese: mewġa f
Norwegian: bølge m
Old English: yþ|ȳþ (1-3), wæg|wǣġ (1-3) g|Old English
Persian: FAchar|��ج (mowj)
Portuguese: t+|pt|onda|f
Proto-Polynesian: *peau
Russian: t+|ru|волна|f|trvolná|scCyrl
Sanskrit: t-|sa|तर��|m|scDeva|xsSanskrit
Serbian:
Spanish: t+|es|onda|f
Telugu: �ల (ala) (1), తర��� (taraMgaM) (2), ��ర�� (keraTaM) (4)
Turkish: t+|tr|dalga
Tuvaluan: ngalu
Etymology 3
Variant forms.
Verb
en-verb|wav|es
- obsolete spelling of|waive
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