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Results for: "wave"

Translating from English to Czech

Translations:

wave — moving disturbance, undulation
→ vlna f
wave — to wave one’s hand
→ mávat impf
→ zamávat pf

More translations:

wave
→ vlna
wave
→ zamávání
wave
→ vlát
wave
→ vlnit se; (na)ondulovat
wave
→ mávat

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 9

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

    Synonymsmoving ridge

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

    • “a wave of settlers”
    • “troops advancing in waves”

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

    Synonymsundulation
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  1. something that rises rapidly

    • “a wave of emotion swept over him”
    • “there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed”
    • “a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right”

  2. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

    Synonymswavingwafture

  3. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

  4. an undulating curve

    Synonymsundulation

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

    • “a heat wave”

  6. 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

VERB 5

  1. signal with the hands or nod

    • “She waved to her friends”
    • “He waved his hand hospitably”
    Synonymsbeckon

  2. move or swing back and forth

    • “She waved her gun”
    Synonymsbrandishflourish

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

    • “The curtains undulated”
    • “the waves rolled towards the beach”
    Synonymsrollundulateflap
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  1. twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    • “curl my hair, please”
    Synonymscurl

  2. set waves in

    • “she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair”