قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

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Wave (v. t.)

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.

Wave (v. i.)

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.

Wave (v. i.)

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.

Wave (v. i.)

Water; a body of water.

Wave (v. i.)

Unevenness; inequality of surface.

Wave (v. i.)

A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.

Wave (v. i.)

The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.

Wave (v. i.)

Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.

Wave (n.)

Woe.

Waved (imp. & p. p.)

of Wave

Waved (a.)

Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.

Waved (a.)

Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.

Waved (a.)

Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.

Waveless (a.)

Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.

Wavelet (n.)

A little wave; a ripple.

Wavellite (n.)

A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.

Waver (v. i.)

To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

Waver (v. i.)

To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.

Waver (v.)

A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

Wavered (imp. & p. p.)

of Waver