| NOUN | event | moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
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| Meaning | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water). | |
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| Synonym | wave | |
| Narrower | billow, surge | A large sea wave |
| comber | A long curling sea wave | |
| lift, rise | A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | |
| ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet | A small wave on the surface of a liquid / liquid | |
| roller, roll, rolling wave | A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore | |
| surf, breaker, breakers | waves breaking on the shore | |
| swash | The movement or sound of water | |
| swell, crestless wave | The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | |
| tidal wave | A wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun | |
| tidal wave | An unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide | |
| tsunami | A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption | |
| wake, backwash | The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | |
| whitecap, white horse | A wave that is blown / blown / blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white | |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
| Spanish | ola, onda | |
| Catalan | ona | |
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