Definition of wave

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Wave (v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.

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Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west..
Wave :: 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..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The sea; a wave. See Flote, n..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft..
Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..
Undulated :: Undulated (a.) Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves; having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell..
Comb :: Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves..
Billow :: Billow (n.) A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind..
Quartering :: Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object..
Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Wavering; not steady; flickering.
Fluctuation :: Fluctuation (n.) A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
Wave :: 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..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
Fluctuant :: Fluctuant (a.) Floating on the waves.
Vacillate :: Vacillate (v. t.) To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
Undulate :: Undulate (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate..
Fluctiferous :: Fluctiferous (a.) Tending to produce waves.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
Shittle :: Shittle (a.) Wavering; unsettled; inconstant.
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