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Waved

verb
/weɪvd/
Word Frequency: 6.3

Definitions

1.verbTo relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
"If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law."
2.verbTo put aside, avoid.
3.verbTo outlaw (someone).
4.verbTo abandon, give up (someone or something).
5.verbTo move from side to side; to sway.
6.verbTo stray, wander.
7.verbTo move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
"The flag waved in the gentle breeze."
8.verbTo move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
9.verb(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.
"I waved goodbye from across the room."
10.verbTo have an undulating or wavy form.
11.verbTo raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
12.verbTo produce waves to the hair.
13.verbTo swing and miss at a pitch.
"Jones waves at strike one."
14.verbTo cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
"The starter waved the flag to begin the race."
15.verb(metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
16.verbTo fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
17.verbTo move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
18.adjectiveHaving a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
19.adjectiveIndented.
20.adjectiveHaving on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.

Synonyms

wavycorrugatedpointedcrimpedliftedspentraisedwelcomedapplaudedbrandishedcommendedhailed

Rhymes With

depravedengravedpavedwell behavedsavedenslavedbehavedshaved
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