wave

/weɪv/ verbnoun
4 letters1 syllable10 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS14
VERB
1

Signal with the hands or nod.

“She waved to her friends”

“He waved his hand hospitably”

2

Set waves in.

“she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair”

3

Move or swing back and forth.

“She waved her gun”

4

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.

“the waves rolled towards the beach”

5

Twist or roll into coils or ringlets.

NOUN
1

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.

2

A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.

“a wave of settlers”

“troops advancing in waves”

3

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

“a heat wave”

4

Something that rises rapidly.

“a wave of emotion swept over him”

“there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed”

5

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

6

An undulating curve.

7

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

8

The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.

9

A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.

WORD FORMS
Related formwaving
Related formwaver
Related formwavelet
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®10 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word20 points
Triple word30 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinaveway
Starts & ends withW … E
Syllableswave
SYNONYMS & RELATED14
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