Definition of wave

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Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..

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Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
Phase :: Phase (n.) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side..
Wafture :: Wafture (n.) The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft.
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
Predicrotic :: Predicrotic (a.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave..
Quartering :: Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object..
Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..
Determination :: Determination (n.) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air..
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter..
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
Redound :: Redound (v. i.) To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result..
Wigwag :: Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Roar :: Roar (v. i.) To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
Waver :: Waver (v. i.) To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment..
Vacillant :: Vacillant (a.) Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.
Totter :: Totter (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Vacillation :: Vacillation (n.) The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions..
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