wave

About 41.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

   The flag waved in the gentle breeze.

2. verb To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
3. verb 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.

4. verb To have an undulating or wavy form.
5. verb To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
6. verb To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
7. verb To swing and miss at a pitch.

   Jones waves at strike one.

8. verb To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

   The starter waved the flag to begin the race.

Similar words

beckon undulate undulation flap wafture brandish curl flourish moving ridge ripple

Often followed by

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Word family

Wave Waves waved waveless wavelessly wavelike waves waving