wave in WordNet English dictionary

1. signal with the hands or nod
   "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
   beckon  wave 
   
2. move or swing back and forth
   "She waved her gun"
   brandish  flourish  wave 
   
3. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   "curl my hair, please"
   curl  wave 
   
4. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
   roll  undulate  flap  wave 
   
5. set waves in
   "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
   wave 
   

1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
   wave  moving ridge 
   
2. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
   wave  undulation 
   
3. an undulating curve
   wave  undulation 
   
4. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
   wave  waving  wafture 
   
5. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
   "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"
   wave 
   
6. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
   wave 
   
7. something that rises rapidly
   "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"
   wave 
   
8. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
   "a heat wave"
   wave