DICTOMETER

WAVES

(wave, agitar, blandir, hacer señas, ola, ondular, bølge, vaie, vifte, vinke)

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

1. Synonyms:
   • Beckon
   • Wave
   Definitions:
   • signal with the hands or nod
   Examples:
   • She waved to her friends
   • He waved his hand hospitably
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Brandish
   • Flourish
   • Wave
   Definitions:
   • move or swing back and forth
   Examples:
   • She waved her gun
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Roll
   • Undulate
   • Flap
   • Wave
   Definitions:
   • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   Examples:
   • The curtains undulated
   • The waves rolled towards the beach
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Curl
   • Wave
   Definitions:
   • twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   Examples:
   • Curl my hair, please
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Wave
   Definitions:
   • set waves in
   Examples:
   • She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair