·vi Water; a body of water.
II. Wave ·noun Woe.
III. Wave ·vt ·see Waive.
IV. Wave ·vi Unevenness; inequality of surface.
V. Wave ·vi To be moved to and fro as a signal.
VI. Wave ·vt To move one way and the other; to Brandish.
VII. Wave ·vt To move like a wave, or by floating; to Waft.
VIII. Wave ·vi A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, ·etc.
IX. Wave ·vt To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
X. Wave ·vi The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
XI. Wave ·vi Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
XII. Wave ·vi To Fluctuate; to Waver; to be in an unsettled state; to Vacillate.
XIII. Wave ·vi To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to Float; to Flutter; to Undulate.
XIV. Wave ·vt 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.
XV. Wave ·vi An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an Undulation.
XVI. Wave ·vi A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. ·see Undulation.
XVII. Wave ·add. ·noun Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.