wave

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
2. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
3. 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.
4. To have an undulating or wavy form.
5. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
6. To produce waves to the hair.
7. To swing and miss at a pitch.
8. To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
9. To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
10. (obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
11. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

Noun

1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
2. The ocean.
3. A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
4. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
6. A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
7. A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
8. A movement or trend in popular culture.
9. One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
10. A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit.

Conceptos

ola

👋

onda

👋

oleada

👋

agitar

ondear

👋

ondular

👋

mover

blandir

ondulación

hacer señas

tremolar

flirtear

😘

perturbar

revolotear

temblar

agitarse

menear

braceo

rizar

sacudir

olear

balancearse

zigzag

abanicar

alada

aletear

bracear

brazada

colear

balancear

la ola

manotear

aletada

oleaje

ondearse

ondulatorio

palada

hacer señal

gesto

flotar

ademán

trepidar

Sinónimos

swing

flutter

shake

sway

billow

brandish

flap

wag

ripple

rock

🪨

surge

flourish

beckon

undulate

dangle

fan

oscillate

swell

undulation

move

curl

heave

waggle

flicker

wield

breaker

surf

waving

toss

agitate

roll

fling

dangling

wave about

quake

sweep

fly

✈️

quiver

stroke

whirl

roller

gesture

tide

strike

tremble

flapping

waft

waves

wobble

moving ridge

beat

signal

stream

bend

wigwag

crimp

rattle

waviness

lean towards

ridge

flit

flirt

😘

wake

beat fast

wafture

movement

frequency

frizz

vibrate

motion

stir up

cycle

sea

🌊

beck

knit

arouse

shiver

jiggle

waff

torrent

comber

corrugate

flag

display

dash against

incite

flop

sea wave

upsurge

vacillate

wabble

waddle

walnut

wash

🧽

wavelet

waver

wavy

wiggle

wimple

bow to

move to and fro

raise one’s voice

wave at

WV

yield to

make sign with hands

tap a toofull cooking pot

audience wave

hanging down

rise and fall

stand up energetically

wave crest

be swayed by

abuse

sport

water

🚰

remove a spell

let off a trap

remove a

beckon with the hand

ocean wave

wave the hand

cinkle

flap about

cause to shake

cause to tremble

move onwards

frounce

finger wave

rough water

ripple markings

wv

act

ocean surface wave

agitated

angle

assist

backwash

balance

beating

blow

bob

bring around

bring round

bye-bye

call out

change

choppy

circle

⭕

coif

conjugate

crease

crest

crinkle

crisp

curling

current

curve

decline

deed

deflect

diffract

flaunt

flex

float

flood

fluctuate

fluctuation

fold

frizzle

furlong

gesticulate

greet

gust

hail

hang down

hover

incline

incurvate

induce

inflect

jar

🫙

jump up

kink

let off

marcel

move up

nod

obey

perm

persuade

play

prevail

raise

ram

🐏

rash

reverse

round

row

ruffle

rush

scintillation

scull

seiche

shimmy

shot

shower

🚿

show off

soar

spin

stir

storm

swash

swirl

throw up

tidal wave

turn over

twirl

twist

undulant

up-and-down

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/weɪv/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: waven

Heredado de inglés antiguo: wafian

Cognado con alto alemán medio: waben

Cognado con alemán: wabern

Cognado con islandés: váfa

Heredado de inglés medio: *wave

Heredado de inglés medio: wawe

Heredado de inglés antiguo: wǣg

Cognado con frisón septentrional: weage

Cognado con alemán: Woge

Cognado con francés: vague

Cognado con gótico: 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃

In summary

From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-West Germanic *wabōn, from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”).
Cognate with Middle High German waben (“to wave”), German wabern (“to waft”), Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”). See also waver.