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• huge waves were breaking on the shore.
• surfers flocked to the beach to ride the waves.
• the gentle sound of waves lapping
• the wind made little waves on the pond.

wave

1. a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc.
• SEE ALSO tidal wave
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tidal-wave
• Huge waves were breaking on the shore.
• Surfers flocked to the beach to ride the waves.
• the gentle sound of waves lapping
• The wind made little waves on the pond.
• Children were playing in the waves.
• Seagulls bobbed on the waves.

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• All you could hear was the lapping of the waves.
• He swam headlong into the oncoming wave.
• I could hear the waves crash against the rocks.
• She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea.
• The waves hit the rocks with huge energy.
• There were seagulls bobbing on the waves.
• These boats aren't strong enough to withstand rogue waves.
• We watched the waves breaking on the shore.
• the gentle sound of waves lapping the sand
• the roar of ocean waves
2. the form that some types of energy such as heat, sound, light, etc. take as they move
• SEE ALSO airwaves
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/airwaves
• electromagnetic/gravity/ultrasonic waves
3. a movement of your arm and hand from side to side
• She declined the offer with a wave of her hand.
• With a wave and a shout he ran down the road to meet us.
• He gave us a wave as the bus drove off.
• She managed a wave to her disappointed supporters as she left.

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• He dismissed her thanks with a quick wave of the hand.
• I returned his wave and started to walk towards him.
• She gave a dismissive wave of her hand.
• He gave a wave as the bus moved off.
• She sent him away with a wave of her hand.
4. a continuous movement that looks like a wave on the sea, made by a large group of people, especially people watching a sports game, when one person after another stands up, raises their arms, and then sits down again
5. a sudden increase in a particular activity or feeling
• SEE ALSO brainwave
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brainwave
• Insurgents launched a wave of attacks against the security forces.
• Wave after wave of attacks rocked the city.
• a wave of protests/strikes/scandals
• a wave of violence/unrest
• There has been a new wave of bombings since the peace talks broke down.
• A wave of fear swept over him.
• A wave of panic spread through the crowd.
• Guilt and horror flooded her in waves.
• Exhaustion hit him in a wave.
• Three hundred employees lost their jobs in the latest wave of redundancies.

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• A wave of relief washed over him as he saw that the children were safe.
• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.
• How do we catch the next great wave of innovation?
• I feel a wave of panic flow through me.
• The attack unleashed a wave of terror in the city.
• The news sent a wave of relief through the crowd.
• This tendency has generated a new wave of company mergers.
• With the fall of the Bastille in 1789, a wave of euphoria swept Europe.
• swept along on a wave of critical acclaim
• the current wave of business scandals
• A wave of violence swept the country.
• I experienced a huge wave of emotion when I saw her.
• Suddenly a wave of guilt washed over her.
6. a large number of people or things suddenly moving or appearing somewhere
• SEE ALSO new wave
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/new-wave
• Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.

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• successive waves of immigrants
• the first wave of immigration in the 1950s
• a big wave of refugees
7. if a person’s hair has a wave or waves, it is not straight but slightly curly
• SEE ALSO permanent wave
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/permanent-wave
8. the sea
• life on the waves (= life at sea)
9. a situation in which somebody is very successful, happy, etc.
• They’ve been on the crest of the wave ever since their election victory.
• She is on the crest of a wave at the moment following her Olympic success.
• They are riding the crest of the wave at the moment.
10. to be very active in a way that makes people notice you, and that may sometimes cause problems
11. to enjoy or be supported by the particular situation or quality mentioned
• Schools are riding a wave of renewed public interest.

Word Origin

• Old English wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.