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Meaning of waves
verb
- To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego. Example: If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.
- To put aside, avoid.
- To outlaw (someone).
- To abandon, give up (someone or something).
verb
- To move from side to side; to sway.
- To stray, wander.
verb
- To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. Example: The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
- To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate. Example: I waved goodbye from across the room.
- To have an undulating or wavy form.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
noun
- A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation. Example: The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.
- The ocean.
- A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
- A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions. Example: Her hair had a nice wave to it.
- Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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