Definition of wave

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• wave is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• wave is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• wave is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of wave

• signal with the hands or nod (verb)

  Examples

  1. She waved to her friends
  2. He waved his hand hospitably

  Synonyms

  1. beckon
• move or swing back and forth (verb)

  Examples

  1. She waved her gun

  Synonyms

  1. brandish
  2. flourish
• (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. undulation
• an undulating curve (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. undulation
• one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. moving ridge
• move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. the waves rolled towards the beach

  Synonyms

  1. flap
  2. roll
  3. undulate
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. curl
• the act of signaling by a movement of the hand (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. wafture
  2. waving
• a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair (noun)
• 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 (noun)
• a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon (noun)

  Examples

  1. a wave of settlers
  2. troops advancing in waves
• a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) (noun)

  Examples

  1. a heat wave
• set waves in (verb)

  Examples

  1. she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
• something that rises rapidly (noun)

  Examples

  1. a wave of emotion swept over him
  2. there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
  3. a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right

See definition of wave in Merriam Webster