English-Thai Dictionary
wave
N การ โบกมือ เพื่อ ทักทาย หรือ ส่งสัญญา ณ kan-bok-mue-tak-tai-rue-song-la
wave
N คลื่น ระลอกคลื่น kluan
wave
VI เป็น ลอน เป็น คลื่น pen-lon
wave
VI โบกมือ โบก เพื่อ ทักทาย หรือ ส่งสัญญา ณ beckon motion greet bok-mue
wave
VT ทำให้ เป็น ลอน ทำให้ หยัก เป็น ลอน tam-hai-pen-lon
wave
VT โบกมือ โบก เพื่อ ทักทาย หรือ ส่งสัญญา ณ bok-mue
wave
VT โบก ไปมา ทำให้ ขึ้นๆ ลงๆ flap flutter wag bok-pai-ma
wave about
PHRV โบก ไปมา แกว่ง ไปมา bok-pai-ma
wave around
PHRV โบก ไปมา แกว่ง ไปมา bok-pai-ma
wave aside
PHRV โบก ให้สัญญา ณ wave away bok-hai-san-yan
wave aside
PHRV ไม่ยอมรับ ปัด ปฏิเสธ mai-yom-rab
wave at
PHRV โบกมือ ทักทาย โบก ทักทาย bok-mue-tak-tai
wave away
PHRV บอกปัด ไม่ยอมรับ ปฏิเสธ wave aside bok-pad
wave away
PHRV โบกมือ ลา wave off bok-mue-la
wave guide
N ท่อ หรือ หลอด ที่ ใช้ ใส่ สาย นำ คลื่น ไฟฟ้า to-rue-lod-ti-chai-sai-nam-kluan-fai-fa
wave on
PHRV ให้สัญญาณ เพื่อ เคลื่อนที่ ต่อไป โบก ให้สัญญาณ เคลื่อนที่ hai-san-yan-puea-kluan-ti-ook-pai
wave to
PHRV โบกมือ ให้ wave at bokmue-hai
waved
A ที่ เป็น รูป คลื่น ที่ เป็น ลอน
waveform
N รูปแบบ ของ คลื่น โดยเฉพาะ ที่ เป็น กราฟ rub-beab-kong-kluan-ti-pen-kaf
wavelength
N ช่วง ความยาวคลื่น (ทาง ฟิสิกส์ ความยาวคลื่น chung-kwam-yao-kluan
wavelet
N คลื่น ลูก เล็กๆ คลื่น ระลอก เล็ก ripple klun-luk-lek-lek
wavelike
ADJ มี ลักษณะ หรือ คุณ สมบัติ เหมือน คลื่น me-lak-sa-na-kuan-na-som-bud-muan-kluan
waver
N(น้ำเสียง ขึ้นๆ ลงๆ (แสดง อารมณ์ kuan-kuan-long-long
waver
N(แสง เปลวไฟ ริบหรี่ วูบวาบ ใกล้ จะ ดับ rib-re
waver
N การ แกว่งไปแกว่งมา การ โซเซ ความ โอนเอน ความ วอกแวก ไม่มั่นคง kan-kwang-pai-kwang-ma
waver
VI แกว่งไปแกว่งมา (การตัดสินใจ โอกาส ความคิดเห็น โอนเอน วอกแวก ไม่มั่นคง fluctuate irresolute vacillate kwang-pai-kwang-ma
waver
VI โซเซ ตุปัดตุเป๋ แอ่น ไป แอ่น มา so-sea
waver between
PHRV ลังเล ระหว่าง ตัดสินใจ ไม่ได้ ระหว่าง hover between vacillate between lang-lea-ra-wang
waverer
N คน โซเซ ko-so-sea
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WAVE
n.[G.] 1. A moving swell or volume of water; usually, a swell raised and driven by wind. A pebble thrown into still water produces waves, which form concentric circles, receding from the point where the pebble fell. But waves are generally raised and driven by wind, and the word comprehends any moving swell on the surface of water, from the smallest ripple to the billows of a tempest.
The wave behind impels the wave before.
2. Unevenness; inequality of surface.
3. The line or streak of luster on cloth watered and calendered.
WAVE
v.i. 1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to undulate.
His purple robes wavd careless to the wind.
2. To be moved, as a signal.
3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
WAVE
v.t.[See Waver. ] 1. To raise into inequalities of surface.
2. To move one way and the other; to brandish; as, to wave the hand; to wave a sword.
3. To waft; to remove any thing floating.
4. To beckon; to direct by a waft or waving motion.
WAVE
v.t. 1. To put off; to cast off; to cast away; to reject; as, to wave good stolen; usually written waive.
2. To quit; to depart from.
He resolved not to wave his way.
3. To put off; to put aside for the present, or to omit to pursue; as, to wave a motion. He offered to wave the subject. [This is the usual sense. ]
WAVED
pp. 1. Moved one way and the other; brandished.
2. Put off; omitted.
3. a. In heraldry, indented.
4. Variegated in luster; as waved silk.
5. In botany, undate; rising and falling in waves on the margin, as a leaf.
WAVELESS
a.Free from waves; undisturbed; unagitated; as the waveless sea.
WAVELLITE
n.A mineral, a phosphate or sub-phosphate of alumin; commonly found in crystals, which usually adhere and radiate, forming hemispherical or globular concretions, from a very small size to an inch in diameter. The form of the crystal is usually that of a rhombic prism with dihedral terminations.
WAVE-LOAF
n.[wave and loaf. ] A loaf for a wave-offering.
WAVE-OFFERING
n.An offering made with waving towards the four cardinal points. Numbers 18:11.
WAVER
v.i. 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other.
2. To fluctuate; to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; as, to waver in opinion; to waver in faith.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering. Hebrews 1 :23.
3. To totter; to reel; to be in danger of falling.
WAVER
n.A name given to a sapling or young timber tree in England.
WAVERER
n.One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith or opinion.
WAVERING
ppr. or a.Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined.
WAVERINGNESS
n.State or quality of being wavering.
WAVE-SUBJECTED
a.Subject to be overflowed.
WAVE-WORN
a.[wave and worn. ] Worn by the waves. The shore that oer his wave-worn basis bowd.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WAVE
WAVE Wave, v. t.
Defn: See Wave. Sir H. Wotton. Burke.
WAVE
Wave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved; p. pr. & vb. n. Waving. ] Etym: [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to wæfre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. vafa to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver. ]
1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. His purple robes waved careless to the winds. Trumbull. Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. Hawthorne.
2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. B. Jonson.
3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs. ] He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. Shak.
WAVE
WAVE Wave, v. t.
1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. "[Æneas ] waved his fatal sword. " Dryden.
2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea. Shak.
3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.
4. 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. Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removed ground. Shak. She spoke, and bowing waved Dismissal. Tennyson.
WAVE
Wave, n. Etym: [From Wave, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe,a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. Wave, v. i.]
1. 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. The wave behind impels the wave before. Pope.
2. (Physics )
Defn: 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.
3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic ] "Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave. " Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. Chapman.
4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. Sir I. Newton.
5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
7. Fig. : A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. Wave front (Physics ), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. -- Wave length (Physics ), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc. ; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. -- Wave line (Shipbuilding ), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. -- Wave-line system, Wave-line theory (Shipbuilding ), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. -- Wave loaf, a loaf for a wave offering. Lev. viii. 27. -- Wave moth (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to Acidalia and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. -- Wave offering, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. Num. xviii. 11. -- Wave of vibration (Physics ), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. -- Wave surface. (a ) (Physics ) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b ) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under Refraction. -- Wave theory. (Physics ) See Undulatory theory, under Undulatory.
WAVED
WAVED Waved, a.
1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
3. (Her. )
Defn: Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
WAVELESS
WAVELESS Wave "less, a.
Defn: Free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.
WAVELET
WAVELET Wave "let, n.
Defn: A little wave; a ripple.
WAVELLITE
Wa "vel *lite, n. Etym: [After Dr. Wm. Wavel, the discoverer. ] (Min. )
Defn: A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.
WAVER
Wa "ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering. ] Etym: [OE. waveren, from AS. wæfre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]
1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. Sir W. Scott.
2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast. .. without wavering. Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. Milton.
Syn. -- To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.
WAVER
Wa "ver, n. Etym: [From Wave, or Waver, v.]
Defn: A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.
WAVERER
WAVERER Wa "ver *er, n.
Defn: One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak.
WAVERINGLY
WAVERINGLY Wa "ver *ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a wavering manner.
WAVERINGNESS
WAVERINGNESS Wa "ver *ing *ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of wavering.
WAVESON
Wave "son, n. Etym: [From Wave; cf. Jetsam. ] (O. Eng. Law )
Defn: Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.
WAVE-WORN
WAVE-WORN Wave "-*worn `, a.
Defn: Worn by the waves. The shore that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed. Shak.
WAVEY
WAVEY Wa "vey, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The snow goose. [Canadian, & Local U. S.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
wave
wave |wāv weɪv | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: he waved to me from the train. • [ with obj. ] move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand ) to and fro: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. • move to and fro with a swaying or undulating motion while remaining fixed to one point: the flag waved in the wind. • [ with obj. ] convey (a greeting or other message ) by moving one's hand or something held in it to and fro: we waved our farewells | [ with two objs. ] : she waved him goodbye. • [ with obj. ] instruct (someone ) to move in a particular direction by moving one's hand: he waved her back. 2 [ with obj. ] style (hair ) so that it curls slightly: her hair had been carefully waved for the evening. • [ no obj. ] (of hair ) grow with a slight curl: (as adj. waving ) : thick, waving gray hair sprouted back from his forehead. ▶noun 1 a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore. • a ridge of water between two depressions in open water: gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves. • a shape seen as comparable to a breaking wave: a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon. • (usu. the wave ) an effect resembling a moving wave produced by successive sections of the crowd in a stadium standing up, raising their arms, lowering them, and sitting down again. • (the waves ) literary the sea. • a sudden occurrence of or increase in a specified phenomenon, feeling, or emotion: a wave of strikes had effectively paralyzed the government | horror came over me in waves. 2 a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro: he gave a little wave and walked off. 3 a slightly curling lock of hair: his hair was drying in unruly waves. • a tendency to curl in a person's hair: her hair has a slight natural wave. 4 Physics a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance that may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound. See also standing wave and traveling wave. • a single curve in the course of this motion. • a similar variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum. PHRASES make waves informal create a significant impression: he has already made waves as a sculptor. • cause trouble: I don't want to risk her welfare by making waves. PHRASAL VERBS wave something aside dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant: he waved the objection aside and carried on. wave someone /something down use one's hand to give a signal to stop to a driver or vehicle. DERIVATIVES wave less adjective, wave like adjective & adverb ORIGIN Old English wafian (verb ), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb ) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea ) wave. ’ usage: See usage at waive .
waveband
wave band |ˈwāvˌband ˈweɪvˌbænd | ▶noun a range of wavelengths falling between two given limits, used in radio transmission.
wave equation
wave e qua tion |weɪv əˈkweɪʒən | ▶noun Mathematics a differential equation expressing the properties of motion in waves.
wave farm
wave farm |ˈweɪvfɑːrm | ▶noun an area of the sea where machinery is installed to harness the energy produced by waves in order to generate electricity.
waveform
wave form |ˈwāvˌfôrm ˈweɪvfɔrm | ▶noun Physics a curve showing the shape of a wave at a given time.
wavefront
wave front |ˈwāvˌfrənt ˈweɪvfrənt | ▶noun Physics a surface containing points affected in the same way by a wave at a given time.
wave function
wave func tion ▶noun Physics a function that satisfies a wave equation and describes the properties of a wave.
waveguide
wave guide |ˈwāvˌgīd ˈweɪvɡaɪd | ▶noun a metal tube or other device confining and conveying microwaves.
wavelength
wave length |ˈwāvˌleNG (k )TH ˌweɪvˌlɛŋθ | ▶noun 1 Physics the distance between successive crests of a wave, esp. points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave. (Symbol: λ ) • this distance as a distinctive feature of radio waves from a transmitter. 2 a person's ideas and way of thinking, esp. as it affects their ability to communicate with others: when we met we hit it off immediately —we're on the same wavelength .
wavelet
wave let |ˈwāvlit ˈweɪvlɪt | ▶noun a small wave of water; a ripple.
wave machine
wave ma |chine ▶noun a machine that creates waves in the water in a swimming pool.
wave mechanics
wave me chan ics ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Physics a method of analysis of the behavior of atomic phenomena with particles represented by wave equations.
wave number
wave num ber ▶noun Physics the number of waves in a unit distance.
wave packet
wave pack et ▶noun Physics a group of superposed waves that together form a traveling localized disturbance, esp. one described by Schrödinger 's equation and regarded as representing a particle.
wave power
wave pow er ▶noun power obtained by harnessing the energy produced by waves at sea.
waver
wa ver |ˈwāvər ˈweɪvər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] shake with a quivering motion: the flame wavered in the draft. • become unsteady or unreliable: his love for her had never wavered. • be undecided between two opinions or courses of action; be irresolute: she never wavered from her intention. DERIVATIVES wa ver er noun, wa ver ing ly adverb, wa ver y adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse vafra ‘flicker, ’ of Germanic origin. Compare with wave . usage: See usage at waive .
WAVES
WAVES |wāvz weɪvz | ▶plural noun the women's section of the US Naval Reserve, established in 1942, or, since 1948, of the US Navy. ORIGIN acronym from Women Appointed (later Accepted ) for Volunteer Emergency Service .
wavetable
wave ta ble |ˈwāvˌtābəl ˈweɪvteɪbl | ▶noun Computing a file or memory device containing data that represents a sound such as a piece of music.
wave theory
wave the o ry ▶noun Physics, historical the theory that light is propagated through the ether by a wave motion imparted to the ether by the molecular vibrations of the radiant body.
wave train
wave train ▶noun a group of waves of equal or similar wavelengths traveling in the same direction.
Oxford Dictionary
wave
wave |weɪv | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: he waved to me from the train. • [ with obj. ] move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand ) to and fro: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. • [ with obj. ] convey (a greeting or other message ) by waving one's hand or something held in it: we waved our farewells | [ with two objs ] : she waved him goodbye. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] instruct (someone ) to move in a particular direction by moving one's hand: he waved her back. 2 [ no obj. ] move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point: the flag waved in the wind. 3 [ with obj. ] style (hair ) so that it curls slightly: her hair had been carefully waved for the evening. • [ no obj. ] (of hair ) grow with a slight curl: (as adj. waving ) : thick, waving grey hair sprouted back from his forehead. ▶noun 1 a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore: he was swept out to sea by a freak wave. • a ridge of water between two depressions in open water: gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves. • a shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave: a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon. • (the waves ) literary the sea. 2 a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion: a wave of strikes had paralysed the government | fear came over me in waves. 3 a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro: he gave a little wave and walked off. 4 a slightly curling lock of hair: his hair was drying in unruly waves. • [ in sing. ] a tendency to curl in a person's hair: her hair has a slight natural wave. 5 Physics a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound. See also standing wave and travelling wave. • a single curve in the course of this motion. • a similar variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum. PHRASES make waves informal create a significant impression: he has already made waves as a sculptor. • cause trouble: I don't want to risk her welfare by making waves. PHRASAL VERBS wave something aside dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant: he waved the objection aside and carried on. wave someone /thing down use one's hand to give a signal to stop to a driver or vehicle. DERIVATIVES waveless adjective, wave-like adjective ORIGIN Old English wafian (verb ), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb ) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea ) wave ’. usage: On confusion between wave and waive, see usage at waive .
waveband
wave |band |ˈweɪvband | ▶noun a range of wavelengths falling between two given limits, used in radio transmission.
wave equation
wave equa |tion ▶noun Mathematics a differential equation expressing the properties of motion in waves.
wave farm
wave farm |ˈweɪvfɑːm | ▶noun an area of the sea where machinery is installed to harness the energy produced by waves in order to generate electricity.
waveform
wave |form |ˈweɪvfɔːm | ▶noun Physics a curve showing the shape of a wave at a given time.
wavefront
wave |front |ˈweɪvfrʌnt | ▶noun Physics a surface containing points affected in the same way by a wave at a given time.
wave function
wave func |tion ▶noun Physics a function that satisfies a wave equation and describes the properties of a wave.
waveguide
wave |guide |ˈweɪvgʌɪd | ▶noun a metal tube or other device confining and conveying microwaves.
wavelength
wavelength |ˈweɪvlɛŋθ, -lɛŋkθ | ▶noun 1 Physics the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave. (Symbol: λ ) • this distance as a distinctive feature of radio waves from a transmitter. 2 a person's ideas and way of thinking, especially as it affects their ability to communicate with others: when we met we hit it off immediately —we're on the same wavelength .
wavelet
wave |let |ˈweɪvlɪt | ▶noun a small wave of water; a ripple.
wave machine
wave ma |chine ▶noun a machine that creates waves in the water in a swimming pool.
wave mechanics
wave mech |an ¦ics ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Physics a method of analysis of the behaviour of atomic phenomena with particles represented by wave equations.
wave number
wave num ¦ber ▶noun Physics the number of waves in a unit distance.
wave packet
wave packet ▶noun Physics a group of superposed waves which together form a travelling localized disturbance, especially one described by Schrödinger 's equation and regarded as representing a particle.
wave power
wave power ▶noun [ mass noun ] power obtained by harnessing the energy produced by waves at sea.
waver
waver |ˈweɪvə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 move in a quivering way; flicker: the flame wavered in the draught. 2 become weaker; falter: his love for her had never wavered | (as adj. wavering ) : she gave a wavering smile. • be undecided between two opinions or courses of action: she never wavered from her intention. DERIVATIVES waverer noun, waveringly adverb, wavery adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse vafra ‘flicker ’, of Germanic origin. Compare with wave .
WAVES
WAVES |weɪvz | ▶plural noun the women's section of the US Naval Reserve, established in 1942, or, since 1948, of the US Navy. ORIGIN acronym from Women Appointed (later Accepted ) for Volunteer Emergency Service .
wavetable
wave |table |ˈweɪvteɪbl | ▶noun Computing a file or memory device containing data that represents a sound such as a piece of music.
wave theory
wave the ¦ory ▶noun Physics, historical the theory that light is propagated through the ether by a wave motion imparted to the ether by the molecular vibrations of the radiant body.
wave train
wave train ▶noun a group of waves of equal or similar wavelengths travelling in the same direction.
American Oxford Thesaurus
wave
wave verb 1 he waved his flag in triumph: brandish, shake, swish, move to and fro, move up and down, wag, sweep, swing, flourish, wield; flick, flutter. 2 the grass waved in the breeze: ripple, flutter, undulate, stir, flap, sway, billow, shake, quiver, move. 3 the waiter waved them closer: gesture, gesticulate, signal, beckon, motion. ▶noun 1 she gave him a friendly wave: gesture, gesticulation; signal, sign, motion; salute. 2 he surfs the Malibu waves: breaker, roller, comber, boomer, ripple, white horse, bore, big kahuna; (waves ) swell, surf, froth; backwash. 3 a wave of emigration: flow, rush, surge, flood, stream, tide, deluge, spate. 4 a wave of self-pity: surge, rush, stab, dart, upsurge, groundswell; thrill, frisson; feeling. 5 his hair grew in thick waves: curl, kink, corkscrew, twist, ringlet, coil. 6 electromagnetic waves: ripple, vibration, oscillation. PHRASES make waves informal just be quiet and don't make waves: cause trouble, be disruptive, be troublesome; make an impression, get noticed. wave aside he waved aside her protest: dismiss, reject, brush aside, shrug off, disregard, ignore, discount, play down; informal pooh-pooh. wave down she had no luck waving down a cab: flag down, hail, stop, summon, call, accost.
waver
waver verb 1 the candlelight wavered in the draft: flicker, quiver, twinkle, glimmer, wink, blink. 2 his voice wavered: falter, wobble, tremble, quaver, shake. 3 he wavered between the choices: be undecided, be irresolute, hesitate, dither, equivocate, vacillate, waffle, fluctuate; think twice, change one's mind, blow hot and cold; informal shilly-shally, sit on the fence.
Oxford Thesaurus
wave
wave verb 1 Farrell waved a hand dismissively | the linesman waved his flag furiously: move to and fro, move up and down, wag, waggle; swing, shake, swish, sweep, swipe, brandish, flourish, flaunt, wield, flick, flutter. 2 the grass waved in the morning breeze: ripple, flutter, undulate, stir, flap, sway, swing, waft, shake, quiver, oscillate, move; blow. 3 the waiter was waving to them to sit closer: gesture, gesticulate, signal, sign, beckon, indicate, motion, nod, bid. 4 her thick dark hair fell in a waving mass to her shoulders: curl, kink, coil, undulate; crimp, frizz, frizzle. PHRASES wave something aside he waved aside her protest: dismiss, reject, set /put /brush aside, shrug off, disregard, ignore, spurn, rebuff, discount, repudiate, put out of one's mind, play down, treat with contempt; informal pooh-pooh, pour cold water on. wave something down he waved down a taxi and drove off: flag down, hail, signal to stop, stop, signal, summon, call, shout to, accost. ▶noun 1 Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past: gesture, gesticulation, hand movement; signal, sign, motion, indication. 2 he loves surfing the big waves: breaker, billow, roller, comber, ripple, white horse, white cap; (waves ) swell, surf, froth; Austral. /NZ bombora; informal boomer; N. Amer. informal kahuna. 3 the wave of emigration to Israel: flow, rush, surge, flood, stream, swell, tide, deluge, torrent, spate, billow. 4 Lee felt a wave of self-pity | a crime wave: surge, rush, ripple, spasm, thrill, frisson, shiver, tingle, stab, dart; upsurge, welling up, outbreak, rash; feeling. 5 he had dark hair that sprang in thick waves from his forehead: curl, kink, corkscrew, crimp, twist, twirl, ringlet, frizz, coil, loop, undulation. 6 electromagnetic waves | light waves: ripple, vibration, oscillation, undulation. PHRASES make waves informal plenty of backbenchers continue to make waves: cause trouble, be disruptive, be troublesome, cause a disturbance; make an impression, be noticed.
waver
waver verb 1 the candlelight in the room wavered in a warm draught: flicker, quiver, tremble, twinkle, glimmer, wink, blink. 2 his voice wavered with a hint of uncertainty: become unsteady, falter, wobble, tremble, hesitate. 3 he had wavered between the Church of Ireland and Catholicism: be undecided, be irresolute, be indecisive, hesitate, dither, equivocate, vacillate, fluctuate, see-saw, yo-yo; think twice, change one's mind, get cold feet, dally, stall; Brit. haver, hum and haw; informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold, sit on the fence; rare tergiversate.
Duden Dictionary
Wavellit
Wa vel lit Substantiv, maskulin , der |Wavell i t auch …ˈlɪt |der Wavellit; Genitiv: des Wavellits, Plural: die Wavellite neulateinisch ; nach dem englischen Arzt W. Wavell, † 1829 ein Mineral
Wavetable
Wave ta ble Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈweɪvteɪbl̩ |der Wavetable; Genitiv: des Wavetable englisch Klangverbesserung bei Computern durch Digitalisierung realer Töne
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
wave
wave /weɪv /〖原義は 自動詞 3 「うねる 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 波 ; ｟詩 文 ｠〖the ～s 〗海 , 大洋 ▸ twenty-foot waves crashing against the rocks 岩に打ちつける20フィートもの波 ▸ a small boat bobbing in the waves 波間に揺れる小さなボート 2 〖通例単数形で 〗(手 旗などを )振ること ; 振って行う合図 ▸ with a wave of one's [the ] hand 手を振って ▸ give her a little wave 彼女に小さく手を振る 3 〘物理 〙(音 光などの )波動 , 波 ▸ shock [radio ] waves 衝撃 [電 ]波 4 〖通例単数形で 〗(好ましくない活動 行為などの )急増, 頻発 ; (感情などの急激な )高まり ; (物事 動向などの )波, 傾向 ▸ a new wave of violence 暴力事件の新たな急増 ▸ a crime wave in the city 都市部における犯罪の頻発 ▸ feel a wave of nausea [panic ]突然吐き気 [パニック ]に襲われる ▸ ride a wave of success 成功の波に乗る 5 (どっと押し寄せる )波 , 殺到 ▸ the great waves of immigrants 大規模な移民の波 ▸ wave after [upon ] wave of U.S. bombers 続々と飛来する米爆撃機 6 (髪の )縮れ , ウェーブ (をかけること ); (地形の )起伏, うねり .7 (気象などの )急激な変動 , 波 ▸ deadly heat waves すさまじい熱波 8 ｟米 ｠〖the ～〗(スポーツ観戦などで観衆が行う )ウェーブ (｟英 ｠Mexican wave )▸ do the wave ウェーブをする in w á ves 断続的に, 波状的に .m à ke w á ves ｟くだけて ｠波風を立てる, 事を荒立てる ; 新風を巻き起こす .the w à ve of the f ú ture ｟米 ｠将来はやる [主流となる ]もの .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; waving 自動詞 1 (あいさつ 合図などのために ) «…に /…を求めて /…するように » 手を振る «to, at /for /to do » ▸ wave to A to follow ついて来るようAに手を振る ▸ wave back at A Aに手を振り返す ▸ wave for a taxi 手を振ってタクシーを呼び止める 2 〈旗 枝などが 〉 (ゆらゆらと )揺れる, 揺らめく ▸ a flag waving in the breeze そよ風に揺らめく旗 3 波打つ , 起伏する , うねる ; 〈髪が 〉ウェーブしている .他動詞 1 «…に » 〈手 手に持った物など 〉を振る «at, to » ; …を振り回す (around, about )▸ wave one's hand [a flag ] at the crowd 群衆に手 [旗 ]を振る ▸ wave one's arms around in outrage 激怒して腕を振り回す 2 a. 〖～ A ＋副詞 〗(ある方向へ行くよう )A 〈人など 〉に手を振って合図する ; (ある方向へ )A 〈物 〉を手を振って移す ; (ある方向を )A 〈手など 〉を振って指し示す (!副詞 は方向などの表現 ) ▸ wave her to the seat [through, on, aside ]彼女に手を振って着席する [通る, 進む, どく ]よう合図する ▸ wave him [the smoke ] away 手を振って彼に去るよう合図する [煙を払いのける ]▸ wave a hand toward the door 手を振ってドアの方をさす b. 〖～ A to do 〗A 〈人など 〉に …するよう手を振って合図する .3 〖～ (A ) B /B (to A )〗(A 〈人 〉に )手を振ってB 〈あいさつなど 〉をする ▸ wave them goodbye ≒wave goodbye to them 彼らに手を振り別れを告げる 4 〈旗 枝など 〉を揺らめかせる .5 〈髪 〉をウェーブさせる ; 〈絹織物など 〉に波模様を施す ; …を波立たせる .w à ve A as í de [as í de A ]1 ↑他動詞 2a .2 ＝wave A away (2 ).w à ve A aw á y [aw á y A ]1 ↑他動詞 2a .2 A 〈考え 申し出など 〉を退ける, 拒む .w à ve A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]A 〈車 運転手 〉を手を振って止める .w à ve A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 A 〈人 〉を手を振って見送る .2 (手を振って )A 〈考え 申し出など 〉をはねつけ [退け ]る .～́ b à nd 〘通信 〙周波帯 .～́ fr ò nt 波面, 波頭 .～́ f ù nction 〘物理 〙波動関数 .～́ mech à nics 〘物理 〙波動力学 .～́ tr à in 〘物理 〙波列 .
wavelength
w á ve l è ngth 名詞 C (電波やラジオの )周波数 ; (音や光の )波長 .on a d ì fferent [the s à me ] w á velength ｟くだけて ｠〖通例be ～〗〈2人が 〉波長が合わない [合う ], 興味や意見が合わない [合う ].
wavelet
wave let /wéɪvlət /名詞 C ｟文 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(海や湖の )さざなみ, 小波 .
waver
wa ver /wéɪvə r /〖wave (揺れる )er (反復 )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing /-v (ə )rɪŋ /自動詞 1 〈声が 〉力を失う , 震える ; 〈決心 集中力が 〉弱まる , くじける ; 〈軍隊などが 〉浮き足立つ ; «…において » 弱まる «in » .2 〈人が 〉確信を失う , 動揺する ; 変動する ; 〈人が 〉 «…で /あれかこれかと /…かについて » 心が決まらない , 迷う «in /between /over wh 節 » ▸ never waver in A Aにおいて決して揺るがない ▸ wavering voters 浮動票層 3 揺れる ; 〈光 影が 〉揺れる (ように動く ), ちらつく .名詞 C ためらい ; 動揺 .～er /-v (ə )rə r /名詞 C 揺れる人 [物 ]; 態度の決まらない人 .～ing ly /-v (ə )rɪŋli /副詞 揺れ動いて ; ためらって .
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