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waved

/weɪvd/
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verb

  • To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.

    "If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law."

  • To put aside, avoid.
  • To outlaw (someone).
  • To abandon, give up (someone or something).

verb

  • To move from side to side; to sway.
  • To stray, wander.

verb

  • To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.

    "The flag waved in the gentle breeze."

  • To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  • (metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

    "I waved goodbye from across the room."

  • To have an undulating or wavy form.
  • To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
  • To produce waves to the hair.
  • To swing and miss at a pitch.

    "Jones waves at strike one."

  • To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.

    "The starter waved the flag to begin the race."

  • (metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement.
  • To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state.
  • To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.

adjective

  • Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
  • Indented.
  • Having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.

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