Wave

What “Wave” means

Verb

1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
2. To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
3. 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.
4. To have an undulating or wavy form.
5. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.

Noun

1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
2. The ocean.
3. A moving disturbance in the energy level of a field.
4. A shape that alternatingly curves in opposite directions.
5. Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, which have wavy markings on the wings.

Verb

1. To generate a wave.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-West Germanic *wabōn, from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”). Cognate with Middle High German waben (“to wave”), German wabern (“to waft”), Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”). See also waver.

From Middle English *wave, partially from waven (“to fluctuate, wave”) (see above) and partially from Middle English wawe, waghe (“wave”), from Old English wǣg (“a wave, billow, motion, water, flood, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“motion, storm, wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to drag, carry”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian waag (“wave”), West Frisian weach (“wave”), Dutch waag (“wave”), German Woge, Wooge (“wave”), Danish vove, våg (“wave”), Faroese vágur (“bay”), Icelandic vogur (“bay”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish våg (“wave”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 (wēgs, “wave”), French vague (“wave”) (from Old Norse vágr (“ocean, sea; wave”)). See also waw.

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Industries where “Wave” fits

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• Podcast
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• Cable and Other Subscription Programming
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• Directory and Mailing List Publishers
• Drive-In Motion Picture Theaters
• Greeting Card Publishers
• Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
• Libraries and Archives
• Motion Picture Theaters (except Drive-Ins)
• Motion Picture and Video Distribution
• Motion Picture and Video Production
• Music Publishers
• News Syndicates
• Newspaper Publishers
• Other Motion Picture and Video Industries
• Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings
• Other Sound Recording Industries
• Periodical Publishers
• Radio Networks
• Radio Stations
• Record Production and Distribution
• Satellite Telecommunications
• Software Publishers
• Sound Recording Studios
• Telecommunications Resellers
• Teleproduction and Other Postproduction Services
• Television Broadcasting
• Wired Telecommunications Carriers
• Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)