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
See
Noun
a movement like that of an ocean wave; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
Noun
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
Noun
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Noun
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Noun
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Noun
something that rises rapidly; "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"
Noun
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
Noun
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
Noun
an undulating curve
Verb
set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
Verb
signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
Verb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
Verb
move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
Verb
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
v. t.
See Waive.
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.
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate.
v. t.
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
v. t.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an
undulating form a surface to.
v. t.
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
v. t.
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. 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.
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 Undulation.
v. i.
Water; a body of water.
v. i.
Unevenness; inequality of surface.
v. i.
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the
hand, a flag, etc.
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.
n.
Woe.
Wave
Wave
His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
Where the flags of three nations has successively waved.2.
He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm.
Wave
Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea.3.
Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removed ground.
She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal.
Wave
The wave behind impels the wave before.2.
Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine.4.
Wave
See
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
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.
Woe.
Usage Examples
I have never had trouble with any actor being able to visualise things. They are amazing. As long as you have your monster head on a long stick, so you can hold it up there and you can wave it around and let them see it and explain it to them, they are just great.
I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.
In the music business, especially the country music business, every 10 years or so you're going to have this changing of the guard, this wave of new artists that comes in.
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.
The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.
I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future.
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Other Usage ExamplesWave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave.
For sure, the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning.
The thing you can't let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isn't a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life.
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'