Meaning of wave | Babel Free

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1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
2. A members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve).
   US, historical
3. The ocean.
   poetic
4. sudden appearance of a large amount of something
5. A member of the women's reserve of the US Navy, organized during World War II, but now no longer a separate branch.
6. A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
7. Mexican wave
8. make waves, Informal. to disturb the status quo.
9. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
10. A disturbance or vibration that passes through a medium, such as air or water, transferring energy without causing a permanent change to the medium. See also longitudinal wave, transverse wave. See Note at refraction.
11. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
12. (of hair) full of waves. Her hair is wavy but her sister's hair is straight. golwend مُتَمَوِّج، تَمَوُّجي вълнист ondulado zvlněný, kudrnatý gewellt bølget κατσαρός, κυματιστόςondulado laineline موج دار aaltoileva ondulé גַלִי पेचदार valovit hullámos berombak liðaður, krullaður ondulato ウェーブしている 물결치는 banguotas viļņains; cirtains berombak, ikal golvendbølget, bølgende falujący, falisty څپاند، ريږ ديدونكى، رپند، دوه زړې، زړغى، متر دد: دوجاله ondulado on­dulat вьющийся zvlnený, kučeravý valovit...
13. A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
14. golwendheid تَمَوُّج вълнение ondulação vlnitost die Gewelltheit bølgende egenskab κυμάτισμα, κυματισμόςondulación lainelisus موجي aaltoilu ondulation גַלִיוּת लहरदार valovitost hullámosság keadaan berombak bylgjótt yfirborð ondulazione 波状 물결을 일으킴 banguotumas viļņainums berombak, ikal het golven bølgende egenskap falistość څپاند ondulação vălurele волнистость vlnitosť valovitost talasastost vågighet การมีลักษณะเป็นคลื่น dalgalı olma, dalgalılık 波浪形 хвилястість لہردار ہونا sự gợn sóng 波浪形
15. A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
    figuratively
16. a range of wavelengths on which eg radio signals are broadcast. golf, golfband حُزْمَةٌ مَوْجِيَّه радио вълни faixa de ondas vlnové pásmo das Wellenband (bølge-)bånd ζώνη συχνοτήτων banda de ondas/frecuencias laineala موج taajuusalue bande de fréquences גל तरंग-पट्टी radio val hullámsáv gelombang tíðnisvið (gamma di lunghezza d'onda) 周波数帯 주파대 banga (radio) viļņu diapazons jalur gelombang golfband bølgebånd fale څپاند faixa de ondas bandă de frecvenţă диапазон волн vlnové pásmo valovni pas ta...
    eg
17. Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
18. the distance from any given point on one (radio etc) wave to the corresponding point on the next. golflengte طول مَوْجي дължина на вълната comprimento de onda vlnová délka die Wellenlänge bølgelængde μήκος κύματοςlongitud de onda lainepikkus طول موج aallonpituus longueur d'ondes אוֹרֶך גַל तरंग दैर्ध्य valna dužina hullámhossz panjang gelombang bylgjulengd lunghezza d'onda 波長 파장 bangos ilgis viļņa garums panjang atau jarak gelombang golflengtebølgelengdedługość fali, fale دڅپو اوږدو والى، دڅپ...
    etc
19. A movement or trend in popular culture.
    figuratively
20. to dismiss (a suggestion etc) without paying much attention to it. wegwys, ignoreer يُبْعِدُ، يَطْرُد отмятам rejeitar mávnout rukou (nad) abwinken feje til side απορρίπτωrechazar, desechar, apartar kõrvale heitma ناديده گرفتن پيشنهاد sivuuttaa écarter d'un geste לְנוֹפֵף खारिज कर देना odbiti što elutasít mengenyampingkan virða að vettugi, vísa frá sér scartare はねつける 해고하다 atmesti noraidīt mengabaikan wegwuiven avfeiezlekceważyć يو وړانديز ناليدل شوي نيول rejeitar a res­pinge cu un gest отмахн...
    etc
21. One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
    broadly
22. To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.
23. A 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.
24. To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand: waved as she drove by.

Equivalents

Examples

“The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.”

“O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?”

“The new sea wall may stop the waves from the sea, but not from the children who enthusiastically greet our train as it passes. It's great to see this ages-old habit is still going strong.”

“1895, Fiona Macleod (William Sharp), The Sin-Eater and Other Tales […] your father Murtagh Ross, and his lawful childless wife, Dionaid, and his sister Anna—one and all, they lie beneath the green wave or in the brown mould.”

“Whoever rules the waves rules the world...”

“Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.”

“Her hair had a nice wave to it.”

“sine wave”

“He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.”

“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.”

“Foster had been left unsighted by Scott Dann's positioning at his post, but the goalkeeper was about to prove his worth to Birmingham by keeping them in the game with a series of stunning saves as West Ham produced waves after wave of attack in their bid to find a crucial second goal.”

“New Wave”

“Korean Wave”

“As the player eliminates each wave of 55 aliens, the next wave begins lower than the one previous.”

“[H]e read the faded sticker on the crystal of the door, “A slip of the lip can sink a ship.” Below a WAVE held her finger to lips that had turned tan.”

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