Dictionary definition · Wave
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
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon"a wave of settlers"
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
- something that rises rapidly"a wave of emotion swept over him"
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
verb
- signal with the hands or nod"She waved to her friends"
- move or swing back and forth"She waved her gun"
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion"The curtains undulated"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets"curl my hair, please"
- set waves in"she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).