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English noun: wave | |||
| 1. | wave (event) one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | ||
| Synonyms | moving ridge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backwash, billow, breaker, breakers, comber, crestless wave, lift, riffle, ripple, rippling, rise, roll, roller, rolling wave, surf, surge, swash, swell, tidal wave, tidal wave, tsunami, wake, wavelet, white horse, whitecap | ||
| 2. | wave (act) a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon | ||
| Samples | A wave of settlers. Troops advancing in waves. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
| 3. | wave (event) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth | ||
| Synonyms | undulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acoustic wave, blast wave, flap, flapping, fluctuation, flutter, fluttering, gravitation wave, gravity wave, impulse, oscillation, pulsation, pulse, pulsing, seiche, shock wave, sine wave, sound wave, standing wave, stationary wave, traveling wave, travelling wave, vibration, wave form, wave shape, waveform | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 4. | wave (event) something that rises rapidly | ||
| Samples | A wave of emotion swept over him. There was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed. A wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rise | ||
| 5. | wave (communication) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand | ||
| Synonyms | wafture, waving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gesture, motion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brandish, flourish | ||
| 6. | wave (body) a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | finger wave, perm, permanent, permanent wave | ||
| 7. | wave (shape) an undulating curve | ||
| Synonyms | undulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curve, curved shape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sine curve, sinusoid | ||
| 8. | wave (phenomenon) a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) | ||
| Samples | A heat wave. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cold wave, heat wave | ||
| Part holonym | wave front | ||
| 9. | Wave (person) a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, reservist, woman | ||
English verb: wave | |||
| 1. | wave (communication) signal with the hands or nod | ||
| Samples | She waved to her friends. He waved his hand hospitably. | ||
| Synonyms | beckon | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gesticulate, gesture, motion | ||
| 2. | wave (contact) move or swing back and forth | ||
| Samples | She waved her gun. | ||
| Synonyms | brandish, flourish | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | wigwag | ||
| Entail | hold, take hold | ||
| 3. | wave (motion) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | ||
| Samples | The curtains undulated. The waves rolled towards the beach. | ||
| Synonyms | flap, roll, undulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | luff | ||
| 4. | wave (contact) twist or roll into coils or ringlets | ||
| Samples | Curl my hair, please. | ||
| Examples | They wave their hair | ||
| Synonyms | curl | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | twist | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up | ||
| 5. | wave (body) set waves in | ||
| Samples | She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair. | ||
| Examples | They wave their hair | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gauffer, goffer, marcel, perm | ||
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