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Definition or meaning of the English word Wave
A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium; as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration; with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulat (v. i.).
Water; a body of water. (v. i.).
An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid; as of the sea; resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. (v. i.).
To call attention to; or give a direction or command to; by a waving motion; as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate. (v. t.).
To move like a wave; or by floating; to waft. (v. t.).
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. (v. t.).
To move one way and the other; to brandish. (v. t.).
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. (v. i.).
Unevenness; inequality of surface. (v. i.).
To play loosely; to move like a wave; one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. (v. i.).
To be moved to and fro as a signal. (v. i.).
The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered; or calendered; or on damask steel. (v. i.).
Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought; feeling; or energy; a tide; as; waves of enthusiasm. (v. i.).
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand; a flag; etc. (v. i.).
Translations for the English word Wave
Spanish Translation for the English word Wave is ola (de agua)[Noun] German Translation for the English word Wave is wogen Italian Translation for the English word Wave is onda
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