| noun | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| noun | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon “a wave of settlers” |
| noun | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
| noun | something that rises rapidly “a wave of emotion swept over him” |
| noun | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| noun | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
| noun | an undulating curve |
| noun | a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) “a heat wave” |
| noun | a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch |
| verb | signal with the hands or nod “She waved to her friends” |
| verb | move or swing back and forth “She waved her gun” |
| verb | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion “The curtains undulated” |
| verb | twist or roll into coils or ringlets “curl my hair, please” |
| verb | set waves in “she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair” |
| wavelet | noun | a small wave on the surface of a liquid |
| wave | verb | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion |
| undulate | verb | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion |
| wavy | adjective | (of hair) having waves |
| wave | noun | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| waver | noun | someone who communicates by waving |
| waving | noun | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
| brandish | noun | the act of waving |
| flourish | noun | the act of waving |
| roller | noun | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
| undulation | noun | wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves |
| flap | noun | the motion made by flapping up and down |
| flapping | noun | the motion made by flapping up and down |
| curl | noun | a strand or cluster of hair |
| curler | noun | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it |