英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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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