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Wave

noun

1.

One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). Synonym: moving ridge.

2.

A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon. "Troops advancing in waves"

3.

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth. Synonym: undulation.

4.

Something that rises rapidly. "There was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed" , "A wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"

5.

The act of signaling by a movement of the hand. Synonyms: wafture, waving.

6.

A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.

7.

An undulating curve. Synonym: undulation.

8.

A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).

9.

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.

verb

(past & past part. waved; pres. part. waving)

1.

Signal with the hands or nod. Synonym: beckon. "He waved his hand hospitably"

2.

Move or swing back and forth. Synonyms: brandish, flourish.

3.

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. Synonyms: flap, roll, undulate. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

4.

Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. Synonym: curl.

5.

Set waves in.

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... and with an authoritative wave of the hand. "The officers are at table, and will ...

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— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118 • Various

... until answered, and to speak of the demise of a generally accepted theory is hardly scientific. We will not allow the evolutionist to dismiss so weighty an objection with a wave of the hand. Prof. Newman, in his "Readings in Evolution," p. 68, gives 60,000,000 years as the probable time since life began. The writer, having based arguments upon that assumption, was surprised to receive a private letter from him claiming that life has existed for 500,000,000 ...

— The Evolution Of Man Scientifically Disproved • William A. Williams

... wood was surrounded with wire, and that it was behind this impassable barrier that the Prussians were calmly firing at us as at a target. What was to be done? How could we get at them and avenge our fellows who had fallen? For one second a feeling of horror and impotent rage passed, like a deep wave, over the squadron. The bullets ...

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