Wave | Mean of wave in English Dictionary

/ˈweɪv/

• Verb
• to move your hand or something held in your hand usually in a repeated motion in order to signal or greet someone
1. We waved to our friends through the window.
2. They waved at us.
3. She was waving in the direction of the bridge.
4. We waved goodbye [=waved as a way of saying goodbye] to them and drove away.
5. The traffic cop waved cars through. [=waved in a way that told drivers to continue driving through a particular area]
6. We offered to help but he waved us off. [=he waved as a way of telling us that he did not want help]
7. We tried to wave down a taxi. [=to get a taxi to stop for us by waving at its driver]
• to float, shake, or move back and forth because of wind
1. Flags were waving in the breeze.
2. fields of waving grain
• to move (something) back and forth
1. The magician waved his magic wand.
2. The leader of the parade waved a flag.
3. It was so hot that we were all waving our hands in front of our faces to cool off.

• to hold up and show (something) in a threatening way
1. The robber waved a pistol at the clerk.
2. a maniac waving [=brandishing] a knife
• to make (someone's hair) curl slightly
1. She got her hair waved.
• to curl slightly
1. His hair waves naturally.
• to refuse to consider or respond to (something)
1. The officer waved aside my questions.
• Noun
• an area of moving water that is raised above the main surface of an ocean, a lake, etc.
1. The waves crashed onto the rocks.
2. ocean waves
3. The motion of the waves (under the boat) made us seasick.
• something that has the shape or movement of a wave
1. She has a wave in her hair.
2. amber waves of grain
3. Waves of warm air washed over us.
• a usually repeated movement of your hand or of something held in your hand especially as a signal or greeting
1. He gave me a wave. [=he waved to/at me]
2. We got a wave from the Queen.
3. The rabbit disappeared with a wave of the magician's wand.
4. a kiss and a wave goodbye [=a wave that you use to say goodbye]
• a period of time in which a particular type of activity is being done commonly or repeatedly
1. The tax cut triggered a wave of spending.
2. a crime wave
• a large number of people or things that do something together, are seen together, etc.
1. a new wave of immigrants [=a large number of immigrants arriving at the same time]
2. The attacks came in waves.
• a strong feeling that affects someone suddenly
1. A wave of fatigue swept over me. [=I suddenly became very tired]
2. He was overcome by waves of anger/fear.
• a strong feeling or attitude that is shared by many people at the same time
1. The new school has triggered a wave of optimism [=has made many people feel optimistic] about the public school system.
2. a wave of nostalgia
3. At the age of 80, she's riding a/the wave of renewed interest in her work. [=she's experiencing a time when many people are interested in her work again]
4. a time when the mayor was still riding a wave of public approval
• an amount of energy (such as light) that moves in a shape resembling a wave from one point to another point
1. light waves
• a movement made by a group of people especially in a stadium or arena in which individual people stand up and then sit down again according to where they are sitting in order to create the appearance of an ocean wave
1. The crowd did the wave between innings.
• to do something that causes people to notice you
1. He's making waves in the music industry.
• to cause trouble or annoy people by complaining
1. I'm tempted to complain, but I don't want to make waves.
• an idea, product, way of thinking, etc., that will become very popular in the future
1. These new video games are the wave of the future.