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| Wave |
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To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way
and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
To be moved to and fro as a signal.
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled
state; to vacillate.
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To move
one way and the other; to brandish.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give
an undulating form a surface to.
To move like a wave, or by floating; to
waft.
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.
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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.
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.
Water; a body of water.
Unevenness; inequality of surface.
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made
with the hand, a flag, etc.
The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth
watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought,
feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
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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.
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