wave

Sense 1 noun

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Sense 2 verb

signal with the hands or nod

She waved to her friends

Sense 3 noun

a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

a wave of settlers

Sense 4 verb

move or swing back and forth

She waved her gun

Sense 5 noun

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

Sense 6 verb

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

The curtains undulated

Sense 7 noun

something that rises rapidly

a wave of emotion swept over him

Sense 8 verb

twist or roll into coils or ringlets

curl my hair, please

Sense 9 noun

the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

Sense 10 verb

set waves in

she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair

Sense 11 noun

a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

Sense 12 noun

an undulating curve

Sense 13 noun

a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

a heat wave