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Definition: Meaning of, wave in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪv /

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wave waves
  1. sea [countable] a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea
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  2. increase [countable usually singular] a sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling
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  3. people and things [countable] a sudden increase in the number of people or things arriving at the same time
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  4. light and sound [countable] the form in which some types of energy such as light and sound travel
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  5. signal [countable usually singular] a movement in which you raise your arm and move your hand from side to side
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  6. [countable] a feeling or activity that happens again and again in a series
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  7. hair [countable usually plural] a loose curl in your hair
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  8. make waves informal to cause problems, especially when you should not
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  9. new wave a new style of music, art, film etc that is very different and unusual
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  10. [countable usually singular] American English an occasion when many people who are watching an event stand up, move their arms up and down, and sit down again one after another in a continuous movement that looks like a wave moving on the sea [=  Mexican wave British English]
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  11. the waves literary the sea
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
wave waved waved
Present Participle Third Person Singular
waving waves
  1. hand [intransitive and transitive] to raise your arm and move your hand from side to side in order to make someone notice you
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  2. move [intransitive and transitive] if you wave something, or if it waves, it moves from side to side
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  3. signal [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to show someone which way to go by waving your hand in that direction
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  4. wave something goodbye/wave goodbye to something informal to be forced to accept that something you want will not happen
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  5. wave a magic wand to make a bad situation better, even though this is impossible
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  6. hair [intransitive and transitive] if hair waves, or if it is waved, it forms loose curls
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Wave


Definition: Meaning of, Wave in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪv /

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[informal]
  1. a woman who is a member of a US navy VOLUNTEER group
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Wave used in phrases

  • Hertzian wave (noun)
    1. an electromagnetic wave generated by oscillations in an electric circuit
  • Mexican wave (noun)
    1. the effect that is made when all the people watching a sport stand up, move their arms up and down, and sit down again one after the other in a continuous movement that looks like a wave moving on the sea
  • New Wave (noun)
    1. an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
  • Schrödinger wave equation (noun)
    1. the fundamental equation of wave mechanics
  • acoustic wave (noun)
    1. acoustics a wave that transmits sound
  • air wave (noun)
    1. a sound wave that is transmitted via air
  • alpha wave (noun)
    1. the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed; occurs with a frequency of 8-12 hertz
  • beta wave (noun)
    1. the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz
  • blast wave (noun)
    1. a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
  • carrier wave (noun)
    1. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
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Wave used in phrasal verbs

  • wave aside (phrasal verb)
    1. to ignore someone’s ideas, feelings, or opinions because you do not think they are important
  • wave down (phrasal verb)
    1. to make a vehicle stop by waving your arm or hand at the driver
  • wave off (phrasal verb)
    1. wave someone off to say goodbye to someone by waving as they leave
  • wave through (phrasal verb)
    1. wave someone/something through to make a signal with your hand that shows you are allowing a person or vehicle to go through a gate or other entrance
    2. wave something through to give permission or approval for something immediately and often without checking or considering it properly
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