Wave

What do we mean by wave?

To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind. intransitive verb

To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand. intransitive verb

To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl. intransitive verb

To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly. intransitive verb

To move or swing as in giving a signal: synonym: flourish. intransitive verb

To signal or express by waving the hand or an object held in the hand. intransitive verb

To signal (a person) by using the hand to move in a specified direction. intransitive verb

To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations. intransitive verb

A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water. noun

A small ridge or swell moving across the interface of two fluids and dependent on surface tension. noun

The sea. noun

Something that suggests the form and motion of a wave in the sea, especially. noun

A moving curve or succession of curves in or on a surface; an undulation. noun

A curve or succession of curves, as in the hair. noun

A curved shape, outline, or pattern. noun

A movement up and down or back and forth. noun

A surge or rush, as of sensation. noun

To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.

(metonymic) 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.

To have an undulating or wavy form.

To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

To produce waves to the hair.

To swing and miss at a pitch.

To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

(metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.

To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.

To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

Words that are spelled similarly to wave:
wave.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word wave:
amplitude, propagation, waves, wavelength, surfing, feminism, equation, convection, westward, electromagnetic, particle, ska, velocity, swept, frequency, punk, vector, quantum, immigration, immigrants, function, mechanics, transmitter, momentum, depression, electron, migration, shock, interference, tropical, magnitude, bands, particles, intensity, strikes, medium, reflected, emerged, radiation, phase, acoustic, functions, ocean, height, caribbean, formula, magnetic, energy, pool.

Words that rhyme with wave:
grave, brave, save, rave, waive, stave, crave, cave, enclave, nave, shave, knave, slave, aftershave, behave, concave, pave, clave, autoclave, lave, conclave, engrave, drave, fave, deprave, architrave, gave, trave, mave, microwave, shockwave, misbehave, enslave, dave, thrave, margrave, airwave, thave, shortwave, forgave, landgrave, quave, redgrave, glave, galley slave, close shave, white slave, newwave, unfav, belgrave, skywave, theyve, lafave, hargrave, seagrave, hardgrave, kazikaev, kunaev, lefave, mcclave, schave, starwave, sulgrave.

Adjectives that are often used to describe wave:
first, new, second, tidal, great, sound, sine, electromagnetic, third, next, current, continuous, short, acoustic, slow, huge, big, spherical, longitudinal, light, modulated, cold, initial, half, negative, sinusoidal, polarized, positive, peristaltic, sudden, fresh, square, transmitted, incoming, scattered, complex, progressive, fourth, pure, resultant, solitary, four, mighty, permanent, massive, revolutionary, seismic, ultrasonic, triangular, giant, secondary, elastic, monochromatic, stationary, periodic, friendly, evanescent, dicrotic, partial, slight, latest, prominent, enormous, tremendous, rectangular, electric, outgoing, tall, optical, extraordinary, inverted.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective wave:
lengths, length, rectifier, radiation, sleep, circuit, plate, velocity, activity, rectification, feminism, form, propagation, theory, motion, radio, pattern, potential, amplitude, antenna, discharges, changes, tube, potentials, inversion, ratio, signal, infarction, dipole, generator, voltage, velocities, patterns, structure, function, energy, diathermy, light, complexes, tubes, signals, transmitters, feminists, transmitter, frequencies, output, front, frequency, action, doppler, model, oscillator, analysis, circuits, interaction, mechanics, interactions, transmission, abnormalities, region, field, guide, amplifier, input, lithotripsy, functions, band, rectifiers, symmetry, plates, mode, approximation, antennas, fronts, scattering, stations, spectrum, amplitudes, components, broadcasts, shape, section, solutions, component, response, vector, measurements, packet, station, pulses.

Consonant match to wave:
weave, waive, wove.

Words that sound like wave:
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