Definition of wave

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Wave (v. i.) 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..

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Heave Offering :: Heave offering () An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering..
Vacillatory :: Vacillatory (a.) Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.
Roller :: Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather..
Totly :: Totly (v. i.) To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple..
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
Fluctisonous :: Fluctisonous (a.) Sounding like waves.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
Ripple :: Ripple (n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension..
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Mattress :: Mattress (n.) A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a bank from being worn away by currents or waves..
Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame..
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm..
Indecisive :: Indecisive (a.) Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character..
Water :: Water (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) See Waive.
Vacillancy :: Vacillancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering..
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Welter :: Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest..
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