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/weɪv/
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British, Southern, Standard:
/wɛjv/
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Australian, New-Zealand:
/wæɪv/
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Scotland:
/wev/
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Scotland:
[weːv]
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Wales:
/weːv/
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homophone: waive (pane–pain merger)
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rhymes with -eɪv
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CMU ARPABET:
W EY1 V
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A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
Examples
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.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
Gravity waves, while predicted by theory for decades, have been notoriously difficult to detect.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Her hair had a nice wave to it. sine wave
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rush
Antonyms: none provided
Any of a series of orders to be fulfilled in one short interval of time, planned as part of wave picking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: logistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A movement or trend in popular culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: usually "the wave"
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, transitive
Examples
I waved goodbye from across the room.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To have an undulating or wavy form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To swing and miss at a pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
Jones waves at strike one.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The starter waved the flag to begin the race.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To generate a wave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Obsolete spelling of waive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a wave of settlers troops advancing in waves
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
Narrower terms: finger wave, permanent wave, permanent, perm
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waving, wafture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gesture, motion
Narrower terms: flourish, brandish
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
Narrower terms: gravity wave, gravitation wave, sine wave, oscillation, vibration, fluctuation, seiche, standing wave, stationary wave, traveling wave, travelling wave, sound wave, acoustic wave, wave form, waveform, wave shape, shock wave, blast wave, pulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulse, flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moving ridge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: movement, motion
Narrower terms: surf, breaker, breakers, wake, backwash, swash, ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet, swell, crestless wave, lift, rise, billow, surge, tidal wave, tsunami, roller, roll, rolling wave, comber, whitecap, white horse
something that rises rapidly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a wave of emotion swept over him there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rise
a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reservist, woman, adult female
a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition
Narrower terms: cold wave, heat wave
an undulating curve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: curve, curved shape
Narrower terms: sine curve, sinusoid
set waves in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
Narrower terms: marcel, gauffer, goffer, perm
signal with the hands or nod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She waved to her friends He waved his hand hospitably
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beckon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gesticulate, gesture, motion
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: twist
Narrower terms: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
move or swing back and forth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brandish, flourish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: wigwag
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The curtains undulated the waves rolled towards the beach
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roll, undulate, flap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: luff
From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- (“to drag, carry”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian waag (“wave”), West Frisian weach (“wave”), Dutch waag (“wave”), German Woge, Wooge (“wave”), Danish vove, våg (“wave”), Faroese vágur (“bay”), Icelandic vogur (“bay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish våg (“wave”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Old Norse vágr (“ocean, sea; wave”)). See also waw.
From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-West Germanic *wabōn, from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webh- (“to move to and from, wander”). Cognate with Middle High German waben (“to wave”), German wabern (“to waft”), Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”). See also waver.
See waive.
Across languages
Translations 520 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
golf
— moving disturbance, undulation
Albanian :
valë
— moving disturbance, undulation
Albanian :
dallgë
— moving disturbance, undulation
Southern Altai :
толку
(tolku)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Southern Altai :
толкун
(tolkun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Amharic :
ማዕበል
(maʿbäl)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Amharic :
ሞገድ
(mogäd)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Arabic :
مَوْج
(mawj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Arabic :
مَوْجَة
(mawja)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Arabic :
موج
(mōg)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Arabic :
موج
(mōj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Arabic :
موجة
(mōja)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܓܠܠܐ
(gallā)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Armenian :
ալիք
(alikʻ)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Aromanian :
undã
— moving disturbance, undulation
Aromanian :
tãlazi
— moving disturbance, undulation
Aromanian :
chimã
— moving disturbance, undulation
Aromanian :
dalgã
— moving disturbance, undulation
Assamese :
ঢৌ
(dhou)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Assamese :
লহৰ
(lohor)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Assamese :
তৰংগ
(toroṅgo)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Asturian :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Azerbaijani :
dalğa
— moving disturbance, undulation
Bashkir :
тулҡын
(tulqın)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Basque :
olatu
— moving disturbance, undulation
Basque :
uhin
— moving disturbance, undulation
Belarusian :
хва́ля
(xválja)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Bengali :
তরঙ্গ
(toroṅgo)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Bengali :
ঢেউ
(ḍheu)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Central Bikol :
alon
— moving disturbance, undulation
Central Bikol :
hukol
— moving disturbance, undulation
Central Bikol :
balod
— moving disturbance, undulation
Eastern Bontoc :
challoyon
— moving disturbance, undulation
Eastern Bontoc :
onchoschos-or ay chanom
— moving disturbance, undulation
Budukh :
лапа
(lapa)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Bulgarian :
вълна́
(vǎlná)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Burmese :
လှိုင်း
(hluing:)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Burmese :
တံပိုး
(tampui:)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Catalan :
ona
— moving disturbance, undulation
Cebuano :
balod
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chamicuro :
olashi
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese Cantonese :
波浪
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese :
лон
(lon)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese :
波浪
(zh-min-nan)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese Mandarin :
波浪
(bōlàng)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese Mandarin :
波
(bō)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Chinese Mandarin :
浪
(làng)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Czech :
vlna
— moving disturbance, undulation
Dalmatian :
jonda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Danish :
bølge
— moving disturbance, undulation
Dutch :
golf
— moving disturbance, undulation
Dutch :
baar
— moving disturbance, undulation
Egyptian :
wA-A-w-mw
(wꜣw)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Esperanto :
ondo
— moving disturbance, undulation
Estonian :
laine
— moving disturbance, undulation
Even :
ота
(ota)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Fala :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Faroese :
alda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Faroese :
bylgja
— moving disturbance, undulation
Fijian :
biau
— moving disturbance, undulation
Finnish :
aalto
— moving disturbance, undulation
French :
vague
— moving disturbance, undulation
French :
flot
— moving disturbance, undulation
North Frisian :
waag
— moving disturbance, undulation
Friulian :
onde
— moving disturbance, undulation
Galician :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Galician :
vaga
— moving disturbance, undulation
Georgian :
ტალღა
(ṭalɣa)
— moving disturbance, undulation
German :
Welle
— moving disturbance, undulation
German :
Woge
— moving disturbance, undulation
Gothic :
𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃
(wēgs)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Greek :
κύμα
(kýma)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ancient Greek :
κῦμα
(kûma)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ancient Greek :
κλύδων
(klúdōn)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Hawaiian :
nalu
— moving disturbance, undulation
Hebrew :
גַּל
(gal)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Higaonon :
balod
— moving disturbance, undulation
Hindi :
लहर
(lahar)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Hindi :
मौज
(mauj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Hungarian :
hullám
— moving disturbance, undulation
Icelandic :
alda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Icelandic :
bylgja
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ido :
ondo
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tuwali Ifugao :
dalluyun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tuwali Ifugao :
kibyayong
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ilocano :
allon
— moving disturbance, undulation
Indonesian :
alun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Indonesian :
ombak
— moving disturbance, undulation
Indonesian :
gelombang
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ingrian :
laine
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ingrian :
alto
— moving disturbance, undulation
Interlingua :
unda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Irish :
tonn (1,4)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Irish :
croitheadh
— moving disturbance, undulation
Irish :
casadh
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old Irish :
tonn
— moving disturbance, undulation
Italian :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Japanese :
波
(nami)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Japanese :
周波
(shūha)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Javanese :
alun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Javanese :
ombak
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old Javanese :
halun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kabuverdianu :
ónda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Lubuagan Kalinga :
tuppiyak
— moving disturbance, undulation
Southern Kalinga :
tupiya
— moving disturbance, undulation
Karachay-Balkar :
толкъун
(tolqun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Karaim :
tolhun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kazakh :
толқын
(tolqyn)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Khakas :
салғах
(salğax)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Khmer :
រលក
(rɔɔrɔlɔɔk)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kikuyu :
ikũmbĩ
— moving disturbance, undulation
Korean :
물결
(mulgyeol)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Korean :
파도
(pado)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kumyk :
толкъун
(tolqun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Central Kurdish :
شەپۆل
(şepol)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Northern Kurdish :
pêl
— moving disturbance, undulation
Northern Kurdish :
sîpel
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kyrgyz :
толкун
(tolkun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Lao :
ຄື້ນ
(khư̄n)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Latgalian :
viļņs
— moving disturbance, undulation
Latin :
unda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Latin :
flūctus
— moving disturbance, undulation
Latvian :
vilnis
— moving disturbance, undulation
Lezgi :
лепе
(lepe)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Lithuanian :
banga
— moving disturbance, undulation
Lithuanian :
vilnis
— moving disturbance, undulation
Luxembourgish :
Well
— moving disturbance, undulation
Macedonian :
бран
(bran)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malagasy :
alona
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malay :
alun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malay :
bena
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malay :
gelombang
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malay :
ombak
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malayalam :
തിരമാല
(tiramāla)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Malayalam :
തിര
(tira)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Maltese :
mewġa
— moving disturbance, undulation
Manchu :
ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ
(boljon)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Manchu :
ᡩᠣᠯᡤᡳᠨ
(dolgin)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Manx :
tonn
— moving disturbance, undulation
Māori :
ngaru
— moving disturbance, undulation
Mon :
လပှ်
— moving disturbance, undulation
Mongolian :
долгион
(dolgion)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Mongolian :
ᠳᠣᠯᠭᠢᠶᠠᠨ
(dolɣiyan)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Mwani :
luwimbi
— moving disturbance, undulation
Nanai :
вата
(wata)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Navajo :
tó yilkʼooł
— moving disturbance, undulation
Navajo :
tó náádiidááh
— moving disturbance, undulation
Neapolitan :
onna
— moving disturbance, undulation
Norman :
louême
— moving disturbance, undulation
Norwegian Bokmål :
bølge
— moving disturbance, undulation
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bølgje
— moving disturbance, undulation
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bylgje
— moving disturbance, undulation
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bølge
— moving disturbance, undulation
Occitan :
èrsa
— moving disturbance, undulation
Church Slavic :
вльна
(vlĭna)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Church Slavic :
валъ
(valŭ)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Church Slavic :
ⰲⰾⱐⱀⰰ
(vlĭna)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old East Slavic :
вълна
(vŭlna)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old East Slavic :
валъ
(valŭ)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old English :
ȳþ (1-3)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Pannonian Rusyn :
габа
(haba)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Pashto :
موج
(mawj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Pashto :
څپه
(čapa)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Pashto :
باډاسکه
(bāḍāska)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Dari :
مَوْج
(mawj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Iranian Persian :
مُوْج
(mowj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Iranian Persian :
خیزاب
(xizâb)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Plautdietsch :
Wal
— moving disturbance, undulation
Polish :
fala
— moving disturbance, undulation
Polish :
bałwan
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old Polish :
przewał
— moving disturbance, undulation
Old Polish :
wełna
— moving disturbance, undulation
Portuguese :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Portuguese :
vaga
— moving disturbance, undulation
Romanian :
val
— moving disturbance, undulation
Romanian :
undă
— moving disturbance, undulation
Romanian :
ondulație
— moving disturbance, undulation
Romansh :
unda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Russian :
волна́
(volná)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Russian :
вал
(val)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Kildin-Sami :
нэ̄ммп
(nēmmp)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ter Sami :
наммп
(nâmmp)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Samoan :
galu
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sanskrit :
तरंग
(taraṃga)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sanskrit :
ऊर्मि
(ūrmi)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sanskrit :
अर्णव
(arṇava)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sardinian :
unda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sardinian :
undha
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sardinian :
unna
— moving disturbance, undulation
Scottish Gaelic :
tonn
— moving disturbance, undulation
Serbo-Croatian :
та̏ла̄с
— moving disturbance, undulation
Serbo-Croatian :
ва̑л
— moving disturbance, undulation
Serbo-Croatian :
tȁlās
— moving disturbance, undulation
Serbo-Croatian :
vȃl
— moving disturbance, undulation
Shan :
လႅင်း
(léng)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sinhalese :
රැල්ල
(rælla)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Slovak :
vlna
— moving disturbance, undulation
Slovene :
val
— moving disturbance, undulation
Upper Sorbian :
žołma
— moving disturbance, undulation
Spanish :
onda
— moving disturbance, undulation
Spanish :
ola
— moving disturbance, undulation
Spanish :
vaga
— moving disturbance, undulation
Sranan Tongo :
skwala
— moving disturbance, undulation
Swahili :
wimbi
— moving disturbance, undulation
Swedish :
våg
— moving disturbance, undulation
Swedish :
bölja
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tagalog :
alon
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tahitian :
ʻaru
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tahitian :
ʻare
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tajik :
мавҷ
(mavj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tamil :
அலை
(alai)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tatar :
дулкын
(dulqın)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Telugu :
అల
(ala)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Telugu :
తరంగం
(taraṅgaṁ)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Telugu :
కెరటం
(keraṭaṁ)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tetum :
laloran
— moving disturbance, undulation
Thai :
คลื่น
(klʉ̂ʉn)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tibetan :
རྦ་རླབས
(rba rlabs)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tongan :
peau
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tongan :
ngalu
— moving disturbance, undulation
Turkish :
dalga
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ottoman Turkish :
طالغه
(dalga)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ottoman Turkish :
موج
(mevc)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Turkmen :
tolkun
— moving disturbance, undulation
Turkmen :
gom
— moving disturbance, undulation
Tuvaluan :
ngalu
— moving disturbance, undulation
Ukrainian :
хви́ля
(xvýlja)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Unami :
tkuwe
— moving disturbance, undulation
Urdu :
لَہْر
(lahr)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Urdu :
مَوج
(mauj)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Uyghur :
دولقۇن
(dolqun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Uzbek :
toʻlqin
— moving disturbance, undulation
Uzbek :
dolgʻa
— moving disturbance, undulation
Uzbek :
mavj
— moving disturbance, undulation
Vietnamese :
sóng
— moving disturbance, undulation
Walloon :
wague
— moving disturbance, undulation
Walloon :
wache
— moving disturbance, undulation
Walloon :
houyon
— moving disturbance, undulation
Waray-Waray :
balud
— moving disturbance, undulation
Welsh :
ton
— moving disturbance, undulation
Welsh :
gwaneg
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yakut :
долгун
(dolgun)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yámana :
čili
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yiddish :
אינד
(ind)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yiddish :
כוואַליע
(khvalye)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yiddish :
כוואַל
(khval)
— moving disturbance, undulation
Yoruba :
ìgbì
— moving disturbance, undulation
Zazaki :
phêl
— moving disturbance, undulation
Bashkir :
тулҡын
(tulqın)
— moving disturbance in a field
Basque :
uhin
— moving disturbance in a field
Belarusian :
хва́ля
(xválja)
— moving disturbance in a field
Catalan :
ona
— moving disturbance in a field
Chinese Mandarin :
波
(bō)
— moving disturbance in a field
Danish :
bølge
— moving disturbance in a field
Dutch :
golf
— moving disturbance in a field
Finnish :
aalto
— moving disturbance in a field
French :
onde
— moving disturbance in a field
Georgian :
ტალღა
(ṭalɣa)
— moving disturbance in a field
German :
Welle
— moving disturbance in a field
German :
Wirbel
— moving disturbance in a field
Italian :
onda
— moving disturbance in a field
Latvian :
vilnis
— moving disturbance in a field
Malay :
gelombang
— moving disturbance in a field
Norwegian Bokmål :
bølge
— moving disturbance in a field
Norwegian Nynorsk :
bølgje
— moving disturbance in a field
Pannonian Rusyn :
габа
(haba)
— moving disturbance in a field
Polish :
fala
— moving disturbance in a field
Portuguese :
onda
— moving disturbance in a field
Portuguese :
ondulação
— moving disturbance in a field
Russian :
волна́
(volná)
— moving disturbance in a field
Spanish :
onda
— moving disturbance in a field
Swedish :
våg
— moving disturbance in a field
Tagalog :
liboy
— moving disturbance in a field
Telugu :
తరంగం
(taraṅgaṁ)
— moving disturbance in a field
Thai :
คลื่น
(klʉ̂ʉn)
— moving disturbance in a field
Ukrainian :
хви́ля
(xvýlja)
— moving disturbance in a field
Bulgarian :
вълна́
(vǎlná)
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Catalan :
ona
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Dutch :
golf
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Finnish :
aalto
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
French :
ondulation
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
German :
Welle
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Latvian :
vilnis
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Portuguese :
onda
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Portuguese :
ondulação
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Spanish :
onda
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Tagalog :
alon
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Tagalog :
alun-alon
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Tagalog :
lundo
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Tagalog :
lundu-lundo
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Ottoman Turkish :
طالغه
(dalga)
— shape which alternatingly curves in opposite directions
Bashkir :
тулҡын
(tulqın)
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Catalan :
onada
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Dutch :
golf
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Finnish :
aalto
— sudden unusually large amount of something
French :
vague
— sudden unusually large amount of something
German :
Welle
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Italian :
ondata
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Latvian :
vilnis
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Polish :
fala
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Portuguese :
onda
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Portuguese :
enxame
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Portuguese :
leva
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Spanish :
oleada
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Telugu :
కెరటం
(keraṭaṁ)
— sudden unusually large amount of something
Bulgarian :
ма́хане
(máhane)
— sideways movement of the hand
Finnish :
vilkutus
— sideways movement of the hand
Galician :
aceno
— sideways movement of the hand
German :
Wink
— sideways movement of the hand
Italian :
gesto
— sideways movement of the hand
Portuguese :
aceno
— sideways movement of the hand
Swedish :
vink
— sideways movement of the hand
Tagalog :
kaway
— sideways movement of the hand
Bulgarian :
мексика́нска вълна́
(meksikánska vǎlná)
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Dutch :
wave
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Finnish :
aaltoilu
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Finnish :
aalto
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Portuguese :
ola
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Spanish :
ola
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Ukrainian :
хви́ля
(xvýlja)
— a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water
Albanian :
rendem
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܪܲܦܪܸܦ
(raprip)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Bashkir :
елберләү
(yelberləw)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Bashkir :
елпелдәү
(yelpeldəw)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Bashkir :
ялпылдау
(yalpıldaw)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Bashkir :
өлтәнләү
(öltənləw)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Belarusian :
развява́цца
(razvjavácca)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Belarusian :
ві́цца
(vícca)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Bulgarian :
ве́я се
(véja se)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Danish :
vifte
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Danish :
vaje
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Dutch :
zwaaien
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Dutch :
zwenken
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Dutch :
wapperen
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Esperanto :
svingi
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Finnish :
aaltoilla
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Finnish :
hulmuta
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Finnish :
liehua
— to move back and forth repeatedly
French :
flotter
— to move back and forth repeatedly
West-Frisian :
wuiven
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Galician :
ondular
— to move back and forth repeatedly
German :
wedeln
— to move back and forth repeatedly
German :
schwenken
— to move back and forth repeatedly
German :
flattern
— to move back and forth repeatedly
German :
wogen
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Greek :
κυματίζω
(kymatízo)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Hungarian :
leng
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Ingrian :
viuhkaa
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Irish :
croith
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Italian :
ondeggiare
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Japanese :
揺れる
(yureru)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Korean :
흔들리다
(heundeullida)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Northern Kurdish :
pêl
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Latin :
quassō
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Latvian :
viļņot
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
tāwhiu
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
tāwhiuwhiu
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
pīwari
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
manana
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
pioi
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
pīoi
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
rurerure
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Norwegian Bokmål :
vaie
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Norwegian Nynorsk :
vaie
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Polish :
falować
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Polish :
łopotać
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Polish :
powiewać
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Portuguese :
ondular
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Romanian :
undui
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Romanian :
ondula
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Romanian :
învălura
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Russian :
развева́ться
(razvevátʹsja)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Russian :
ви́ться
(vítʹsja)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Scottish Gaelic :
smèid
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Scottish Gaelic :
crath
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Serbo-Croatian :
вихорити
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Serbo-Croatian :
лепршати
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Serbo-Croatian :
vihoriti
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Serbo-Croatian :
lepršati
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Spanish :
ondular
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Spanish :
olear
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Spanish :
ondear
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Swedish :
vaja
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
kumaway
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
ikaway
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
kumampay
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
ikampay
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
magwagayway
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Tagalog :
iwagayway
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Ukrainian :
майорі́ти
(majoríty)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Ukrainian :
розвіва́тися
(rozvivátysja)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Ukrainian :
ви́тися
(výtysja)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Yiddish :
פאָכען
(fokhen)
— to move back and forth repeatedly
Arabic :
لَوَّحَ
(lawwaḥa)
— to wave one’s hand
Arabic :
رَفْرَفَ
(rafrafa)
— to wave one’s hand
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܪܲܚܸܦ
(raḥḥip)
— to wave one’s hand
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܡܲܢܝܸܦ
(manyip)
— to wave one’s hand
Bashkir :
болғау
(bolğaw)
— to wave one’s hand
Belarusian :
маха́ць
(maxácʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Belarusian :
памаха́ць
(pamaxácʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Belarusian :
махну́ць
(maxnúcʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Bengali :
হাত নাড়ানো
(hat naṛanō)
— to wave one’s hand
Bulgarian :
ма́хам
(máham)
— to wave one’s hand
Bulgarian :
ма́хна
(máhna)
— to wave one’s hand
Carpathian Rusyn :
махати
(maxaty)
— to wave one’s hand
Carpathian Rusyn :
махнути
(maxnuty)
— to wave one’s hand
Catalan :
saludar
— to wave one’s hand
Chinese Mandarin :
招手
(zhāoshǒu)
— to wave one’s hand
Chinese Mandarin :
揮手 /挥手
(huīshǒu)
— to wave one’s hand
Czech :
mávat
— to wave one’s hand
Czech :
zamávat
— to wave one’s hand
Danish :
vinke
— to wave one’s hand
Dutch :
zwaaien
— to wave one’s hand
Dutch :
wuiven
— to wave one’s hand
Finnish :
vilkuttaa
— to wave one’s hand
Finnish :
heiluttaa
— to wave one’s hand
French :
saluer
— to wave one’s hand
West-Frisian :
wenken
— to wave one’s hand
Galician :
acenar
— to wave one’s hand
Galician :
capear
— to wave one’s hand
German :
winken
— to wave one’s hand
Greek :
γνέφω
(gnéfo)
— to wave one’s hand
Hungarian :
integet
— to wave one’s hand
Ingrian :
ravata
— to wave one’s hand
Irish :
croith
— to wave one’s hand
Italian :
salutare
— to wave one’s hand
Japanese :
振り動かす
(furiugokasu)
— to wave one’s hand
Japanese :
揺する
(yusuru)
— to wave one’s hand
Japanese :
振る
(furu)
— to wave one’s hand
Korean :
흔들다
(heundeulda)
— to wave one’s hand
Latgalian :
maut
— to wave one’s hand
Latgalian :
mest
— to wave one’s hand
Latvian :
māt
— to wave one’s hand
Lithuanian :
mojuoti
— to wave one’s hand
Macedonian :
мавта
(mavta)
— to wave one’s hand
Macedonian :
мавне
(mavne)
— to wave one’s hand
Malay :
lambai
— to wave one’s hand
Māori :
ringaringa
— to wave one’s hand
Māori :
pō(w)hiri
— to wave one’s hand
Norwegian :
vinke
— to wave one’s hand
Nupe :
wúgwa
— to wave one’s hand
Church Slavic :
махати
(maxati)
— to wave one’s hand
Church Slavic :
махнѫти
(maxnǫti)
— to wave one’s hand
Polish :
machać
— to wave one’s hand
Polish :
pomachać
— to wave one’s hand
Polish :
machnąć
— to wave one’s hand
Portuguese :
acenar
— to wave one’s hand
Russian :
маха́ть
(maxátʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Russian :
помаха́ть
(pomaxátʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Russian :
махну́ть
(maxnútʹ)
— to wave one’s hand
Scottish Gaelic :
smèid
— to wave one’s hand
Serbo-Croatian :
ма́хати
— to wave one’s hand
Serbo-Croatian :
ма́хнути
— to wave one’s hand
Serbo-Croatian :
máhati
— to wave one’s hand
Serbo-Croatian :
máhnuti
— to wave one’s hand
Slovak :
mávať
— to wave one’s hand
Slovak :
zamávať
— to wave one’s hand
Slovene :
mahati
— to wave one’s hand
Slovene :
pomahati
— to wave one’s hand
Spanish :
saludar con la mano abierta
— to wave one’s hand
Spanish :
holear
— to wave one’s hand
Swedish :
vinka
— to wave one’s hand
Telugu :
ఊపు
(ūpu)
— to wave one’s hand
Thai :
โบก
(bòok)
— to wave one’s hand
Ukrainian :
маха́ти
(maxáty)
— to wave one’s hand
Ukrainian :
помаха́ти
(pomaxáty)
— to wave one’s hand
Ukrainian :
махну́ти
(maxnúty)
— to wave one’s hand
Vietnamese :
vẫy tay
— to wave one’s hand
Vietnamese :
vẫy
— to wave one’s hand
Yiddish :
מאַכן
(makhn)
— to wave one’s hand
Yoruba :
juwọ́
— to wave one’s hand
Finnish :
aaltoilla
— to have an undulating or wavy form
French :
onduler
— to have an undulating or wavy form
West-Frisian :
golven
— to have an undulating or wavy form
German :
wellen
— to have an undulating or wavy form
Greek :
κυματίζω
(kymatízo)
— to have an undulating or wavy form
Portuguese :
ondular
— to have an undulating or wavy form
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܛܲܪܛܸܥ
(ṭarṭiˁ)
— to produce waves to the hair
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܓܲܠܸܠ
(gallil)
— to produce waves to the hair
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic :
ܠܲܦܹܐ
(lappē)
— to produce waves to the hair
Bulgarian :
къдря
(kǎdrja)
— to produce waves to the hair
Finnish :
kähertää
— to produce waves to the hair
Finnish :
kihartaa
— to produce waves to the hair
German :
ondulieren
— to produce waves to the hair
German :
wellen
— to produce waves to the hair
Norman :
poffer
— to produce waves to the hair
Portuguese :
ondear
— to produce waves to the hair
Spanish :
ondular
— to produce waves to the hair
Tagalog :
magkulot
— to produce waves to the hair
Tagalog :
kulutin
— to produce waves to the hair
Tagalog :
kulutan
— to produce waves to the hair
Finnish :
vilkuttaa
— baseball: to swing and miss at a pitch
Spanish :
abanicar
— baseball: to swing and miss at a pitch
Finnish :
heiluttaa
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
French :
agiter
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
French :
brandir
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
German :
wedeln
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Ingrian :
löyhyttää
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Irish :
croith
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Italian :
agitare
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Latin :
vibrō
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
tōroherohe
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
whakamanana
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
ori
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Māori :
tāruperupe
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Polish :
zamachać
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Polish :
bachnąć
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Portuguese :
agitar
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Portuguese :
ondear
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Spanish :
agitar
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Spanish :
tremolar
— to cause to move back and forth repeatedly
Finnish :
vilkuttaa
— to signal with a waving movement
German :
zuwinken
— to signal with a waving movement
Tuwali Ifugao :
payapay
— to signal with a waving movement
Māori :
tāwhiri
— to signal with a waving movement
Māori :
tāwhiriwhiri
— to signal with a waving movement
Polish :
zamachać
— to signal with a waving movement
Portuguese :
acenar
— to signal with a waving movement
Tagalog :
kumaway
— to signal with a waving movement
Tagalog :
kawayan
— to signal with a waving movement
