waves

Noun

• one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
• a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
  • "troops advancing in waves"
• (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
• something that rises rapidly
• the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
• a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
• an undulating curve
• a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
• 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
• plural of wave

Verb

• signal with the hands or nod
• move or swing back and forth
• move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  • "the waves rolled towards the beach"
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets
• set waves in
• third-person singular simple present indicative of wave

Synonyms

beckon, brandish, curl, flap, flourish, moving ridge, roll, undulate, undulation, wafture, wave, Wave, waving