wave

/weiv/

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Word: Wave

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Basic Meaning:

1. As a Noun:

   • A wave can refer to a movement in the water, like when the ocean has many rolling shapes. For example, when you go to the beach, you see waves coming to the shore.
   • It can also mean a sudden feeling or emotion that happens quickly, like a wave of happiness or sadness.
   • Additionally, it can refer to a way of styling hair where it has curls or bends (like in a "wavy hairstyle").

2. As a Verb:

   • To wave means to move your hand back and forth to say hello or goodbye. For example, you wave to a friend when you see them.
   • It can also mean to create curls in hair, as in "to wave my hair."

Usage Instructions:

• Noun Usage: You can use "wave" when talking about water, emotions, or even hair.
• Verb Usage: Use "wave" when you are describing the action of moving your hand or styling hair.

Examples:

• Noun: "The waves crashed against the rocks." (talking about water)
• Noun: "A wave of excitement filled the crowd." (talking about emotions)
• Verb: "She waved goodbye to her friends." (action of moving the hand)

Advanced Usage:

1. Physics: In science, a wave refers to a pattern of movement, like sound waves or light waves, which can travel through different mediums.
2. Weather: "Heat wave" describes a period of excessively hot weather.

Word Variants:

• Wavy (adjective): Describing something that has waves, such as wavy hair.
• Waver (verb): To hesitate or be unsure; not directly related but has a similar root.

Different Meanings:

• Wave (noun): Can mean a group of people or things moving together (e.g., "a wave of settlers").
• Wave (verb): Can imply changing direction in a fluctuating manner (e.g., "the flag waved in the wind").

Synonyms:

• For noun: surge, swell, ripple (when referring to water); rush, flood (when referring to emotions).
• For verb: gesture, signal, beckon (when talking about moving your hand).

Idioms:

• "Ride the wave": To take advantage of a good situation or trend.
• "Wave the white flag": To surrender or give up.

Phrasal Verbs:

• "Wave off": To dismiss or reject something (e.g., "She waved off my concerns about the project.").

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Noun

1. 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
2. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
   • a heat wave
3. an undulating curve
4. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
5. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
6. 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
7. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
8. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
   • a wave of settlers
   • troops advancing in waves
9. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Verb

1. set waves in
   • she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
2. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   • curl my hair, please
3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   • The curtains undulated
   • the waves rolled towards the beach
4. move or swing back and forth
   • She waved her gun
5. signal with the hands or nod
   • She waved to her friends
   • He waved his hand hospitably

Synonyms

• Wave
• undulation
• waving
• wafture
• moving ridge
• curl
• roll
• undulate
• flap
• brandish
• flourish
• beckon