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Noun: waving  wey-ving
  1. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand
    - wave, wafture
Verb: wave  weyv
  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";
    - 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: w

Derived forms: wavings

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

Encyclopedia: Waving

Wave, Martin