Canadian French Meaning of wave
vague
Other Canadian French words related to vague
Nearest Words of wave
- wave angle => angle de la vague
- wave form => Forme d'onde
- wave front => Front d’onde
- wave guide => guide d'ondes
- wave mechanics => Mécanique ondulatoire
- wave number => Nombre d'onde
- wave off => remise des gaz
- wave shape => Forme d'onde
- wave theory => Théorie des ondes
- wave theory of light => Théorie ondulatoire de la lumière
Definitions and Meaning of wave in English
wave (n)
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
(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
wave (v)
signal with the hands or nod
move or swing back and forth
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
set waves in
wave (v. t.)
See Waive.
To move one way and the other; to brandish.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
wave (v. i.)
To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
To be moved to and fro as a signal.
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
Water; a body of water.
Unevenness; inequality of surface.
A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
wave (n.)
Woe.
Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.
FAQs About the word wave
vague
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 in
pointe,enflure,vague,boucle,ondulations,surf,tsunami,disjoncteur,peigne,houle de fond
No antonyms found.
wausau => Wausau, waur => eau, waul => gémissement, waugh => waugh, waucht => quoi,
