Définitions
1.VerbTo move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely."The flag waved in the gentle breeze."
2.VerbTo move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
3.VerbTo 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."
4.VerbTo have an undulating or wavy form.
5.VerbTo raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
6.VerbTo style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
7.VerbTo swing and miss at a pitch."Jones waves at strike one."
8.VerbTo cause to move back and forth repeatedly."The starter waved the flag to begin the race."
9.VerbTo signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
10.VerbTo fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
11.VerbTo move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
12.NounA moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation."The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore."
13.NounThe ocean.
14.NounA moving disturbance in the energy level of a field."Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect."
15.NounA shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions."Her hair had a nice wave to it.; sine wave"
16.NounAny of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
17.NounA loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands."He dismissed her with a wave of the hand."
18.NounA sudden, but temporary, uptick in something."A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.; A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.; A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle."
19.NounAny of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
20.NounA movement or trend in popular culture."New Wave; Korean Wave"
21.NounOne of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
22.NounA group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.
23.VerbTo generate a wave.
24.VerbObsolete spelling of waive.