wave
English
/weɪv/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- (intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
- (transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
- (transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
- (intransitive) To swing and miss at a pitch.
- (transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
- (transitive) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
- (intransitive) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English waven inherited from Old English wafian (wave, fluctuate, wonder, waver in mind, sway) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wabōną derived from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (weave, wander, move to and from, braid, move to and fro).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*webʰ-
Gloss
weave, wander, move to and from, braid, move to and fro
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wavoid English
- air English
- airwave English
- antimicrowave English
- autowave English
- awave English
- band English
- blast English
- blastwave English
- blow English
- blow-wave English
- brain English
- brainwave English
- cold English
- coldwave English
- counterwave English
- crime English
- crimewave English
- cut English
- eigenwave English
- field English
- folding English
- form English
- front English
- function English
- ground English
- groundwave English
- guide English
- half English
- halfwave English
- hand English
- handwave English
- heat English
- heatwave English
- interwave English
- length English
- long English
- longitudinal English
- longitudinal wave English
- longwave English
- maker English
- matter English
- matterwave English
- medium English
- mediumwave English
- metawaveguide English
- microwavable English
- microwave English
- microwaveable English
- microwaveguide English
- microwavery English
- midwave English
- monowavelength English
- multiwave English
- multiwaveform English
- multiwavelength English
- nanowaveguide English
- nonwave English
- nonwaveform English
- nonwaveguide English
- number English
- off English
- plate English
- pulse English
- quadriwave English
- sawtooth English
- sawtooth wave English
- shape English
- shaper English
- shaping English
- short English
- shortwave English
- sky English
- skywave English
- sound English
- soundwave English
- speed English
- subwavelength English
- superwave English
- superwavelength English
- table English
- theta English
- theta wave English
- time English
- timewave English
- top English
- transverse English
- transverse wave English
- triangle English
- triangle wave English
- ultrashortwave English
- waft English
- wave in English
- waveband English
- wavecut English
- wavefield English
- wavefolding English
- waveform English
- wavefront English
- waveful English
- wavefunction English
- waveguide English
- wavelength English
- waveless English
- wavelessly English
- wavelessness English
- wavelike English
- wavemaker English
- wavemeter English
- wavenumber English
- waveoff English
- waveplate English
- wavepulse English
- waveshape English
- waveshaper English
- waveshaping English
- wavespeed English
- wavest English
- wavetable English
- waveth English
- wavetop English
- wavily English
- waviness English
- wavy English
- wavyish English
- wavyleaf English
- μ-wave English
- μwave English
- ὑφή Ancient Greek
- ὑφαίνω Ancient Greek
- *ubʰ-néH-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰseh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *wabją Proto-Germanic
- *wabōną Proto-Germanic
- *webaną Proto-Germanic
- *wēgaz Proto-Germanic
- wafian Old English
- waffen Middle English
- waven Middle English
- ráfa Old Norse
- ميكروويف Arabic
- گبر Persian
- ไมโครเวฟ Thai
- 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 Gothic
- មីក្រូវ៉េវ Central Khmer
- *webnja Proto-Albanian
- *wäp- Proto-Tocharian
- sky
- off
- top
- air
- cut
- band
- wavy
- waft
- blow
- heat
- half
- long
- time
- cold
- hand
- form
- table
- brain
- plate
- blast
- field
- maker
- shape
- pulse
- awave
- crime
- theta
- speed
- guide
- front
- μwave
- short
- sound
- matter
- Wavoid
- length
- wavest
- wavily
- shaper
- medium
- waveth
- ground
- number
- μ-wave
- folding
- wavecut
- wavetop
- shaping
- skywave
- waveoff
- nonwave
- waveful
- wavyish
- airwave
- wave in
- midwave
- triangle
- heatwave
- longwave
- handwave
- wavyleaf
- wavelike
- autowave
- waviness
- waveband
- waveform
- coldwave
- sawtooth
- function
- waveless
- timewave
- halfwave
- soundwave
- blastwave
- wavefield
- waveplate
- wavespeed
- eigenwave
- brainwave
- waveguide
- wavetable
- wavefront
- interwave
- waveshape
- wavemaker
- wavemeter
- superwave
- microwave
- multiwave
- shortwave
- wavepulse
- crimewave
- blow-wave
- mediumwave
- wavelessly
- groundwave
- matterwave
- wavelength
- quadriwave
- waveshaper
- theta wave
- wavenumber
- transverse
- waveshaping
- nonwaveform
- microwavery
- wavefolding
- counterwave
- wavelessness
- wavefunction
- nonwaveguide
- longitudinal
- microwavable
- antimicrowave
- subwavelength
- nanowaveguide
- triangle wave
- sawtooth wave
- metawaveguide
- multiwaveform
- microwaveable
- microwaveguide
- monowavelength
- ultrashortwave
- multiwavelength
- transverse wave
- superwavelength
- longitudinal wave