English to English
noun
- one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
A wave of settlers.
Troops advancing in waves.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
source: WordNet 3.0
- a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
source: WordNet 3.0
- an undulating curve
source: WordNet 3.0
- a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
A heat wave.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- signal with the hands or nod
She waved to her friends.
He waved his hand hospitably.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move or swing back and forth
She waved her gun.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
The curtains undulated.
The waves rolled towards the beach.
source: WordNet 3.0
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Curl my hair, please.
source: WordNet 3.0
- set waves in
She asked the hairdresser to wave her hair.
source: WordNet 3.0
- See Waive.
source: Webster 1913
- To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
source: Webster 1913
- To move one way and the other; to brandish.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [wev] Alon; daluyon
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [wev] Umalon; mag-inalón; pumagaspás
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
