wave

/weɪv/

verb

1
To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
“The flag waved in the gentle breeze.”
2
To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
3
(metonymic) 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.
“I waved goodbye from across the room.”
4
To have an undulating or wavy form.
5
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
6
To produce waves to the hair.
7
To swing and miss at a pitch.
“Jones waves at strike one.”
8
To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
“The starter waved the flag to begin the race.”
9
(metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
10
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
11
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

1
A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
“The wave traveled from the center of the lake before breaking on the shore.”
2
The ocean.
3
A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
4
A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
“Her hair had a nice wave to it.”
5
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
6
A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
“He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.”
7
A sudden unusually large amount of something that is temporarily experienced.
“A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle.”
8
(by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
9
(usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.

1
To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
“If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.”
2
To put aside, avoid.
3
To outlaw (someone).
4
To abandon, give up (someone or something).

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