wave in English

noun

1

a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.

He had anticipated this move though for as soon as she broke the surface a wave of water hit her.

synonyms: breaker, roller, comber, boomer, ripple, white horse, bore, big kahuna, swell, surf, froth, backwash

2

a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro.

he gave a little wave and walked off

synonyms: gesture, gesticulation, signal, sign, motion, salute

3

a slightly curling lock of hair.

his hair was drying in unruly waves

synonyms: curl, kink, corkscrew, twist, ringlet, coil

4

a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance that may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound.

Song production clearly involves some metabolic cost to a bird because energy is transmitted to the surroundings in the form of sound pressure waves .

synonyms: ripple, vibration, oscillation

verb

1

move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

he waved to me from the train

synonyms: gesture, gesticulate, signal, beckon, motion

2

style (hair) so that it curls slightly.

her hair had been carefully waved for the evening

noun

gesture, gesticulation, signal, sign, motion, salute
breaker, roller, comber, boomer, ripple, white horse, bore, big kahuna, swell, surf, froth, backwash
flow, rush, surge, flood, stream, tide, deluge, spate
surge, rush, stab, dart, upsurge, groundswell, thrill, frisson, feeling
curl, kink, corkscrew, twist, ringlet, coil
ripple, vibration, oscillation
undulation
waving, wafture

verb

brandish, ripple, gesture, undulate, curl, beckon
brandish, shake, swish, move to and fro, move up and down, wag, sweep, swing, flourish, wield, flick, flutter
ripple, flutter, undulate, stir, flap, sway, billow, shake, quiver, move
gesture, gesticulate, signal, beckon, motion
undulate, roll, flap
brandish, flourish
curl
beckon

Use "wave" in a sentence

1. Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.

2. Surface acoustic wave resonator, surface acoustic wave oscillator, and surface acoustic wave modular device

3. Surface acoustic wave resonator, surface acoustic wave oscillator and surface acoustic wave module device

4. Surface acoustic wave resonator, surface acoustic wave oscillator, and surface acoustic wave module device

5. Radio wave absorption material and radio wave absorber

6. 5 Electromagnetic wave travels as light wave does.

7. Wave aberration measuring method and wave aberration measuring device

8. An ideal Elliott wave patterns shows a five-wave advance followed by a three-wave decline.

9. Wave Filter

10. Several parameters related to modulation wave, such as wave vector, wave length and argument phase etc.

11. Acoustic wave device including a surface wave filter and a bulk wave filter, and method for making same

12. Surface acoustic wave resonator and surface acoustic wave oscillator.

13. The Aguçadoura Wave Farm was the world's first wave farm.

14. Surface acoustic wave resonator and surface acoustic wave filter device

15. Acoustic wave measurement device, acoustic wave image reproduction device, data storage method and acoustic wave image reproduction method

16. 3 Do you want a permanent wave or a cold wave?

17. The existence of smooth solitary wave solutions, kink and anti-kink wave solutions and periodic wave solutions has then proved.

18. Traveling wave machine

19. Pulse wave sensor module, and pulse wave measurement apparatus using same

20. Brain wave activity is normal and wave profile is completely healthy.

21. Surface acoustic wave resonator and surface acoustic wave filter using it

22. Our troop advanced wave upon wave undeterred by the hail of fire.

23. Alpha-wave inducers!

24. Physically propagate this deflagration wave, a nuclear conversion and burning wave.

25. Wave upon wave of insects, most prominently locusts, devastate the land.

26. Billow definition is - wave; especially : a great wave or surge of water

27. Surface-wave device with a feature designed to avoid acoustic-wave interference

28. Travelling wave tubes

29. The next wave.

30. Indirect Shock Wave!

31. Absorption, in wave motion, the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it.

32. Shock wave approaching.

33. shock-wave generators;

34. Acoustic wave filter

35. — Specific wave guide

36. Surface acoustic wave and surface skimming (shallow bulk) acoustic wave devices (i.e

37. High temperature superconductor dielectric slow wave structures for accelerators and traveling wave tubes

38. But perhaps it's a wave of a different kind, a wave of justice.

39. Billow of this wave Na Bo, I also did not catch which wave.

40. I wave , and my wave goes all the way to the horizon .

41. Surface acoustic wave resonator

42. Bitmap Wave Screen Saver

43. The noise, offset wave, residual wave, and interfering sound substantially and simultaneously exist.

44. Now, swept by red wave upon wave, she had to expiate her failure.

45. Bulk acoustic wave resonator

46. Surface-wave acoustic filter

47. Crime Wave in Gotham.

48. Lastly, a perpendicular, a parallel magnetohydrodynamics shock wave and aerodynamic shock wave are discuss...

49. Boundary acoustic wave filter

50. Acoustic surface wave component