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- Dictionarywaving/ˈweɪvɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. moving one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: "the waving crowds"
- 2. moving to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point: "the waving flag"
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1. : to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute. 2. : to float, play, or shake in an air current : move loosely to and fro : flutter. flags waving in the breeze. 3. of water : to move in waves : heave. 4. : to become moved or brandished to and fro. signs waved in the crowd. 5.
to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression: wave to/at I waved to/at him from the window but he didn't see me. I was waving my hand like mad but he never once looked in my direction.
5 days ago · the act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression: wave to/at I waved to/at him from the window but he didn't see me. I was waving my hand like mad but he never once looked in my direction.
a. A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water. b. A small ridge or swell moving across the interface of two fluids and dependent on surface tension. 2. often waves The sea: vanished beneath the waves. 3. Something that suggests the form and motion of a wave in the sea, especially: a.
noun. one of a sequence of ridges or undulations that moves across the surface of a body of a liquid, esp the sea: created by the wind or a moving object and gravity. any undulation on or at the edge of a surface reminiscent of such a wave. a wave across the field of corn. the waves.
wave, ripple, breaker, surf refer to a ridge or swell on the surface of water. wave is the general word: waves in a high wind. A ripple is the smallest kind of wave, such as is caused by a stone thrown into a pool: ripples in a brook.
[intransitive, transitive] to show where something is, show someone where to go, etc. by moving your hand in a particular direction wave + adv./prep. She waved vaguely in the direction of the house. wave something/somebody + adv./prep. “He's over there,” said Ali, waving a hand toward some trees.
Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. Wiktionary. Synonyms: wafture. wave.
a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition: a wave of disgust sweeping over a person; a wave of cholera throughout the country. a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.: a wave of anti-intellectualism; the new wave of installment buying.
