Wave (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 3
A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Hypernyms
Related Words
Meaning 4
An undulating curve.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 5
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 6
Something that rises rapidly; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Meaning 7
A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); "a heat wave".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Hypernyms
Meaning 8
The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 9
One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Rise
- Rippling
- Breakers
- Surge
- Backwash
- Wavelet
- Breaker
- Crestless Wave
- Roll
- Riffle
- Rolling Wave
- White Horse