wave

wave¹ W2S3 [weıv] n

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1¦(sea)¦

2¦(increase)¦

3¦(people and things)¦

4¦(light and sound)¦

5¦(signal)¦

6

7¦(hair)¦

8 make waves

9 new wave

10

11 the waves

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1.) ¦(SEA)¦

a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea

▪ Dee watched the waves breaking on the shore.

▪ a ship riding the ocean waves

▪ A powerful tidal wave (=very large wave) struck Jamaica, killing 2000.

▪ the white crests of the waves

2.) ¦(INCREASE)¦ [C usually singular]

a sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling

a wave of anger/sympathy/relief etc

▪ There was a wave of public sympathy for her when she died.

a wave of terror/fear/panic

▪ A wave of panic spread through the crowd.

a wave of nausea/dizziness/tiredness

▪ A wave of nausea swept over me.

a wave of violence/attacks/bombings

▪ the recent wave of terrorist bombings

▪ the latest crime wave to hit New York

3.) ¦(PEOPLE AND THINGS)¦

a sudden increase in the number of people or things arriving at the same time

wave of

▪ a new wave of immigrants

▪ They faced wave after wave of fresh troops.

4.) ¦(LIGHT AND SOUND)¦

the form in which some types of energy such as light and sound travel

sound/light/radio wave

→↑long wave, ↑medium wave, ↑short wave

5.) ¦(SIGNAL)¦ [C usually singular]

a movement in which you raise your arm and move your hand from side to side

▪ He dismissed her with a wave of the hand .

6.)

a feeling or activity that happens again and again in a series

▪ The pain swept over him in waves .

▪ Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.

7.) ¦(HAIR)¦ [C usually plural]

a loose curl in your hair

8.) make waves informal

to cause problems, especially when you should not

▪ With so many jobs already cut, he didn't want to make waves.

9.) new wave

a new style of music, art, film etc that is very different and unusual

▪ new wave music

new wave of

▪ the new wave of Black feminist theorists

10.) [C usually singular] AmE

an occasion when many people who are watching an event stand up, move their arms up and down, and sit down again one after another in a continuous movement that looks like a wave moving on the sea

British Equivalent: Mexican wave

11.) the waves

literary the sea

→↑airwaves, ↑shock wave

wave ²

wave² W3S3 v

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1¦(hand)¦

2¦(move)¦

3¦(signal)¦

4 wave something goodbye/wave goodbye to something

5 wave a magic wand

6¦(hair)¦

Phrasal verbs

　wave something<=>aside

　wave somebody/something<=>down

　wave somebody<=>off

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[: Old English; Origin: wafian 'to wave with the hands']

1.) ¦(HAND)¦ [I and T]

to raise your arm and move your hand from side to side in order to make someone notice you

wave to/at

▪ She turned to wave to the approaching soldiers.

▪ Enid waved at us and we waved back.

wave (sb) goodbye

(=say goodbye to someone by waving to them)

▪ The nurses came out to wave Grandad goodbye.

2.) ¦(MOVE)¦ [I and T]

if you wave something, or if it waves, it moves from side to side

▪ The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.

▪ a tree waving in the breeze

▪ He waved a hand in the air to attract her attention.

wave sth under/at etc sb/sth

▪ Trudie waved a $50 bill under his nose.

wave sth around/about

▪ The stranger spoke rapidly, waving his arms around.

3.) ¦(SIGNAL)¦ [T always + adverb/preposition]

to show someone which way to go by waving your hand in that direction

wave sb through/on/away etc

▪ The border guards waved us through.

▪ Peter waved them back to their seats.

4.) wave sth goodbye/wave goodbye to sth informal

to be forced to accept that something you want will not happen

▪ If you're not careful, you can wave goodbye to any pay rise this year.

5.) wave a magic wand

to make a bad situation better, even though this is impossible

▪ I can't wave a magic wand and change what happened.

6.) ¦(HAIR)¦ [I and T]

if hair waves, or if it is waved, it forms loose curls

wave aside [wave sth<=>aside] phr v

to ignore someone's opinion or ideas because you do not think they are important

▪ He waved her protests aside.

wave down [wave sb/sth<=>down] phr v

to signal to the driver of a car to stop by waving at them

▪ People in passing cars tried waving him down.

wave off [wave sb<=>off] phr v

to wave goodbye to someone as they leave

▪ Are you coming to the station to wave me off?