- wave, moving ridge - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
--1 is a kind of movement, motion
--1 has particulars:surf, breaker, breakers; wake, backwash; swash; ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet; swell, crestless wave; lift, rise; billow, surge; tidal wave, tsunami; roller, roll, rolling wave; whitecap, white horse - wave - a movement like that of an ocean wave; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
--2 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
Derived form: verb wave3 - wave, undulation - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
--3 is a kind of movement, motion
--3 has particulars: - wave - something that rises rapidly; "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"
--4 is a kind of rise
- wave, waving, wafture - the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
--5 is a kind of gesture, motion
--5 has particulars: flourish, brandishDerived form: verb wave1 - wave - a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
--6 is a kind of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
--6 has particulars: finger wave; permanent wave, permanent, permDerived forms: verb wave4, verb wave5 - wave, undulation - an undulating curve
--7 is a kind of curve, curved shape
--7 has particulars: sine curve, sinusoid- wave - a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
--8 is a kind of weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
--8 has part: wave front
--8 has particulars: cold wave; heat wave- Wave - 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
--9 is a kind of reservist; woman, adult female
- wave, waving, wafture - the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- beckon, wave - signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
--1 is one way to gesticulate, gesture, motion
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun wave5, noun waver1, noun waving1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to somebody
- brandish, flourish, wave - move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
--2 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun waver1
Somebody ----s something
- roll, undulate, flap, wave - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
--3 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun wave2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
--4 is one way to twist
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun wave6
They wave their hair
- wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
--5 is one way to dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun wave6
They wave their hair