ENGLISH: wave - CREOLE: flote



Overview of noun wave



The noun wave has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)



1. (40) wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

2. (9) wave -- (a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves")

3. (7) wave, undulation -- ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

4. (2) wave -- (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")

5. (1) wave, waving, wafture -- (the act of signaling by a movement of the hand)

6. (1) wave -- (a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair)

7. wave, undulation -- (an undulating curve)

8. wave -- (a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave")

9. Wave -- (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)



Overview of verb wave



The verb wave has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (21) beckon, wave -- (signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably")

2. (5) brandish, flourish, wave -- (move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun")

3. (4) roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach")

4. curl, wave -- (twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please")

5. wave -- (set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair")

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