wave
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(verb) set waves in; of hair |
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Related Words: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, marcel, perm, set |
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(noun) a movement like that of an ocean wave; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves" |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement |
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(noun) a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
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Related Words: coiffure, finger wave, hair style, hairdo, perm, permanent, permanent wave |
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(noun) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
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Synonyms: wafture, waving |
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Related Words: brandish, flourish, gesticulation, gesture, motion |
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(noun) (physics) a progressive disturbance propagated without displacement of the medium itself |
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Synonyms: undulation |
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Related Words: flap, flapping, flopping, fluctuation, flutter, fluttering, gravitation wave, gravity wave, impulse, oscillation, periodic event, pulsation, pulse, pulsing, recurrent event, seiche, sine wave, sound wave, standing wave, stationary wave, vibration, wave form, wave shape, waveform |
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(noun) one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
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Synonyms: moving ridge |
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Related Words: backwash, billow, breaker, breakers, crestless wave, lift, motion, movement, riffle, ripple, rippling, rise, roll, roller, rolling wave, shock wave, surf, surge, swash, swell, tidal wave, tsunami, wake, wavelet, white horse, whitecap |
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(noun) something that rises rapidly and dies away; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed" |
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Related Words: rise |
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(noun) an undulating curve |
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Related Words: curve, curved shape, sine curve, sinusoid |
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(verb) signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably" |
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Synonyms: beckon |
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Related Words: gesticulate, gesture, motion |
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(verb) twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" |
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Synonyms: curl |
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Related Words: crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up, twist |
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(verb) move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun." |
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Synonyms: brandish, flourish |
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Related Words: displace, move, wigwag |
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(verb) move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains |
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Synonyms: flap, undulate |
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Related Words: luff, move |
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