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1. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand
   - wave, wafture

1. Signal with the hands or nod
   "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
   - beckon
    
2. Move or swing back and forth
   "She waved her gun"
   - brandish, flourish
    
3. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   "the waves rolled towards the beach"; "the waves flapped towards the beach"
   - roll, undulate, flap
    
4. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   - curl
    
5. Set waves in
   "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

Sounds like: waiving

Derived forms: wavings

See also: waver

Type of: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, displace, do, dress, gesticulate, gesture, motion, move, set, twist

Encyclopedia: Wave