Wave
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Wave
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1 v. t.
See Waive.
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2 v. i.
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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3 v. i.
To be moved to and fro as a signal.
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4 v. i.
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
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5 v. t.
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
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6 v. t.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
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7 v. t.
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
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8 v. t.
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.
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9 v. i.
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.
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10 v. i.
A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
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11 v. i.
Water; a body of water.
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12 v. i.
Unevenness; inequality of surface.
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13 v. i.
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
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14 v. i.
The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
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15 v. i.
Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
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16 n.
Woe.
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17 v. t.
See Waive.
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18 v. i.
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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19 v. i.
To be moved to and fro as a signal.
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20 v. i.
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
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21 v. t.
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
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22 v. t.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
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23 v. t.
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
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24 v. t.
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.
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25 v. i.
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.
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26 v. i.
A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
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27 v. i.
Water; a body of water.
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28 v. i.
Unevenness; inequality of surface.
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29 v. i.
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
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30 v. i.
The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
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31 v. i.
Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
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32 n.
Woe.