| NOUN | event | wave, moving ridge | 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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| act | wave | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon | |
| event | wave, undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | |
| event | wave | something that rises rapidly | |
| communication | wave, waving, wafture | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | |
| body | wave | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair | |
| shape | wave, undulation | an undulating curve | |
| phenomenon | wave | a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | |
| person | Wave | a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy | |
| VERB | communication | wave, beckon | signal with the hands or nod |
| contact | wave, brandish, flourish | move or swing back and forth | |
| motion | wave, roll, undulate, flap | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | |
| contact | wave, curl | twist or roll into coils or ringlets | |
| body | wave | set waves in |
| Sounds | wey'v | |
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| Rhymes | airwave ... waive: 29 rhymes with eyv... | |
| 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 | moving ridge | |
| 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 | |
| Nouns | wavelet | a small wave on the surface of a liquid / liquid |
| Meaning | A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon. | |
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| Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
| Catalan | onada | |
| Verbs | wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion |
| Meaning | Something that rises rapidly. | |
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| Broader | rise | A growth in strength or number or importance |
| Spanish | ola | |
| Catalan | onada | |
| Meaning | The act of signaling by a movement of the hand. | |
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| Synonyms | waving, wafture | |
| Narrower | flourish, brandish | The act of waving |
| Broader | gesture, motion | The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals |
| Verbs | wave | signal with the hands or nod |
| Meaning | A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair. | |
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| Narrower | finger wave | A wave made with the fingers |
| permanent wave, permanent, perm | A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals | |
| Broader | hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| Spanish | ondulado | |
| Adjectives | wavy | (of hair) having waves |
| Verbs | wave | set waves in |
| wave | twist or roll into coils or ringlets | |
| Meaning | An undulating curve. | |
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| Synonym | undulation | |
| Narrower | sine curve, sinusoid | The curve of y=sin x |
| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | ola, onda, ondulación | |
| Catalan | onda | |
| Meaning | A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures). | |
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| Example | "a heat wave" | |
| Parts | wave front | All the points just reached by a wave as it propagates / propagates |
| Narrower | cold wave | A wave of unusually cold weather |
| heat wave | A wave of unusually hot weather | |
| Broader | weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition | The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
| Spanish | ola | |
| Meaning | A member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally / originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch. | |
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| Broader | reservist | A member of a military reserve |
| woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) | |
| Meaning | Signal with the hands or nod. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
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| Synonym | beckon | |
| Broader | gesticulate, gesture, motion | show, express or direct through movement |
| Spanish | hacer señas | |
| Nouns | wave, waving | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| waver | someone who communicates by waving | |
| Meaning | Move or swing back and forth. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She waved her gun" | |
| Synonyms | brandish, flourish | |
| Entails | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Narrower | wigwag | Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitar, balancear, blandir, esgrimir, ondear, ondular, prosperar | |
| Catalan | brandar, brandejar, prosperar | |
| Nouns | waver | someone who communicates by waving |
| Meaning | Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the waves rolled towards the beach" | |
| Synonyms | roll, undulate, flap | |
| Narrower | luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitar, girar, ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | agitar-se, agitar, girar, ondejar, ondular, onejar, oscil·lar, volar | |
| Nouns | wave | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon |
| Meaning | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They wave their hair | |
| Synonym | curl | |
| Narrower | crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink | curl tightly |
| Broader | twist | Turn in the opposite direction |
| Spanish | encrespar, ondular, rizar | |
| Catalan | arrissar, crespar, ondular | |
| Nouns | wave | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
| Meaning | set waves in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They wave their hair | |
| Example | "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" | |
| Narrower | gauffer, goffer | make wavy with a heated goffering iron |
| marcel | make a marcel in a woman's hair | |
| perm | Give a permanent wave to | |
| Broader | dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure | arrange attractively |
| Spanish | ondular | |
| Catalan | arrissar-se, arrissar, crespar, ondular | |
| Nouns | wave | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
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