n. 1 swell, undulation, billow, sea, heave, roller, whitecap, white horse; ripple, wavelet, breaker, comber A huge wave tossed me up on the beach 2 surge, swell, welling up, ground swell, movement, flood, upsurge, uprising, current, tide The period is marked by a wave of materialism and greed that swamped all morality and integrity 3 signal, sign, gesticulation, gesture Was his wave intended for you or for me?
v. 4 undulate, billow, move to and fro, flap, flutter, quiver, flip-flop, swing, sway, ripple, oscillate, zigzag, fluctuate, shake; wag, whiffle, wigwag, wiggle, waggle, brandish The streamer waved slowly in the quickening breeze Stop waving that knife at me! 5 signal, sign, indicate, signify; gesture, gesticulate Hazel waved goodbye from the train