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— English words —

• wave v. (Intransitive) To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
• wave v. (Intransitive) To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
• wave v. (Transitive, metonymically) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion…
• wave v. (Intransitive) To have an undulating or wavy form.
• wave v. (Transitive) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
• wave v. (Transitive) To produce waves to the hair.
• wave v. (Intransitive, baseball) To swing and miss at a pitch.
• wave v. (Transitive) To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
• wave v. (Transitive, metonymically) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
• wave v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
• wave v. (Intransitive, ergative) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
• wave n. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
• wave n. (Poetic) The ocean.
• wave n. (Physics) A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
• wave n. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
• wave n. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.
• wave n. A loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands.
• wave n. (Figuratively) A sudden, but temporary, uptick in something.
• wave n. (Video games, by extension) One of the successive swarms of enemies sent to attack the player in certain games.
• wave n. (Usually "the wave") A group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people…
• wave v. To generate a wave.
• wave v. Obsolete spelling of waive.
• WAVE n. (US, historical) A members of the WAVES; a member of the US Naval Reserve (Women’s Reserve).
• -wave suff. Applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • wave v. Alternative form of waven.

— English word, defined in German —

• wave S. Welle.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• wave w. Wuiven.

— English words, defined in French —

• wave n. Vague, flot.
• wave n. Onde.
• wave n. Ondulation.
• wave v. Onduler (cheveux, champs de céréales).
• wave v. Flotter (drapeau).
• wave v. Faire signe de la main.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• wave s. Ola.
• wave s. Onda.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• wave s. Onda (em suas várias acepções).
• wave v. Ondular.
• wave v. Agitar (a mão, por exemplo, ao dar adeus).

— English word, defined in Italian —

• wave s. (Fisica) (meccanica) onda.

— In Dutch —

• wave n. (Sport) gebruik waarbij toeschouwers in een stadion zijdelings…
• wave n. Beeld van een golfbeweging in een groep dat deelnemers creëren…
• wave w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van waven.
• wave w. Gebiedende wijs van waven.
• wave w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van waven.

140 English words from 25 English definitions

above activity aesthetics alternatingly Alternative and a␣number␣of Any Applied as␣of attack attention back back␣and␣forth baseball body but by␣extension call cause certain command crowd curves departure direction directions disturbance enemies energy energy␣level ergative extension field Figuratively floating fluctuate form forth games generally generate genres geometrid give going going␣through greeting group hair hand hands have historical imitating inequalities into Intransitive level like liquid loose loosely markings member members metonymically miss moths motion move move␣back movement moving music Naval number obsolete ocean of␣a often one on␣the opposite or␣something people Physics pitch player Poetic produce raise repeatedly Reserve sent shape shoulders signal someone something somewhat specialised species spelling state subcultures subfamily successive sudden surface swarms swing temporary that the through to␣the Transitive undulating undulation unsettled uptick Usually various very Video Video␣games waft waive water wave waver waves waving wavy where which wings with Women

12 English words from 19 foreign definitions

champs dar dat een Faire main Ola Onde Sport stadion Vague van

1 foreign word from 25 English definitions

waven

48 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

adeus Agitar Beeld Bij céréales cheveux creëren deelnemers de␣la de␣la␣main drapeau Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud exemplo Faire␣signe Fisica flot Flotter Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs gebruik golfbeweging groep inversie mão meccanica onda Ondular Ondulation Onduler persoon por por␣exemplo signe suas tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd toeschouwers tweede tweede␣persoon várias waarbij waven Welle wijs Wuiven zijdelings

161 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

waved waver Waver waves WAVES wavey wave␣in wavers wavery wavest waveth waveys wavecut waveful wavelet Waveney waveoff wave␣off wavered waverer Waverly wave␣ski waveson wavetop waveable wave␣away waveband wavedash wave␣dash waved␣off wave␣down wave␣drag waveform wavefuls wavegram waveicle waveless wavelets wavelike wave␣loaf wavemark waveoffs wave␣pool waverers wavering Waverley waverous Waverton wave␣skis waves␣off +111 words

226 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

P-waves P␣waves Q-waves swaver S-waves S␣waves T-waves μwaves μ-waves in␣waves swavers unwaved airwaves bow␣waves hot␣waves new␣waver outwaved outwaves skywaves swavered Swavesey autowaves beta␣waves biwavelet blow-waved blow-waves body␣waves cold␣waves darkwaver flagwaver flag-waver halfwaves handwaved hand-waved handwaves hand-waves handwavey heatwaves heat␣waves long␣waves Love␣waves made␣waves make␣waves new␣wavers rosy␣waves sandwaves sand␣waves semiwaves sinewaves sine␣waves +176 words

169 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

awave K-wave P-wave P␣wave Q-wave S-wave S␣wave T-wave μwave μ-wave bewave no␣wave airwave bow␣wave hot␣wave midwave new-wave new␣wave New␣Wave nonwave outwave red␣wave skywave autowave beta␣wave blow-wave blue␣wave body␣wave coldwave cold␣wave darkwave dark␣wave dolewave fashwave halfwave handwave hand-wave heatwave heat␣wave longwave long␣wave Love␣wave pink␣wave rosy␣wave sandwave sand␣wave semiwave sinewave sine␣wave spinwave spin␣wave +118 words

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ave 'ave ave. Ave. WAV

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eva Eva EVA eva' vaw VAW

23 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aview awave K-wave navew P-wave P␣wave Q-wave S-wave S␣wave T-wave μwave μ-wave valew waive wauve waved waver Waver waves WAVES wavey weave weavy

28 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AEV AEW ave 'ave ave. Ave. awe Awe EAV eaw EAW eva Eva EVA eva' vae VAE vaw VAW Vea vew wae WAE WAV Wea WEA W.Va. W.␣Va.

43 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAVE bave cave Cave dave Dave eave fave gave have lave nave Nave pave pavé rave Rave save Save Wace wade Wade wage waie wake Wake wale wame wane ware Ware -ware wase Wava wavy wawe waye Waye weve we've wive wove y'ave

7 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ave 'ave ave. Ave. wae WAE WAV

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

waive wauve weave

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