Definitions for waved

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waved waved

Spelling: [weyvd]

IPA: /weɪvd/

Waved is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in waved (adevw).

Definitions for waved

noun

1. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
2. any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea:
3. a swell, surge, or rush, as of feeling or of a certain condition:
4. a widespread feeling, opinion, tendency, etc.:
5. a mass movement, as of troops, settlers, or migrating birds.
6. an outward curve, or one of a series of such curves, in a surface or line; undulation.
7. an act or instance of waving.
8. a fluttering sign or signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.:
9. natural waviness of the hair, or a special treatment to impart waviness:
10. a period or spell of unusually hot or cold weather.
11. Physics. a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium or space without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light.
12. Literary. water. a body of water. the sea.
13. (at sports events, especially baseball games) a momentary standing and sitting back down by spectators in a sequential, lateral way to create, en masse, a wavelike effect visually.

Idioms

1. make waves, Informal. to disturb the status quo; cause trouble, as by questioning or resisting the accepted rules, procedures, etc.:

adjective

1. having a form, outline, or appearance resembling waves; undulating.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to flutter or have a waving motion in:
2. to cause to bend or sway up and down or to and fro:
3. to give an undulating form to; cause to curve up and down or in and out.
4. to give a wavy appearance or pattern to, as silk.
5. to impart a wave to (the hair).
6. to move, especially alternately in opposite directions:
7. to signal to by waving a flag or the like; direct by a waving movement:
8. to signify or express by a waving movement:

verb (used without object)

1. to move freely and gently back and forth or up and down, as by the action of air currents, sea swells, etc.:
2. to curve alternately in opposite directions; have an undulating form:
3. to bend or sway up and down or to and fro, as branches or plants in the wind.
4. to be moved, especially alternately in opposite directions:
5. to give a signal by fluttering or flapping something:

Origin of waved

First recorded in 1540-50; wave + -ed³

Examples for waved

Unperturbed, the Queen came up to the top deck without an umbrella and waved to the vast assembly on the banks of the river.

He waved farewell, stepped through the door, and closed it behind him.

As Hunter waved it in the air, light flashed off his Colgate-commercial-ready grin.

So they waved their hats recklessly and continued to ride to be in at the death.

From across the Street, as he got into his car, he had waved his hand to her.

Austin waved them away with a deprecatory gesture and a smile.

He pulled out the empty shell casing he carried from the raid and waved it at me.

Once again his eyes were like Tillie's, as she had waved good-bye from the porch.

They waved down a pair of responding cops who followed the alleged cop killer into the subway.

When I asked what this train would cost, the magnificent Murray waved me away.