Word

wave, v.
(waved, waves, waving)
freq. cnt. 30

signal with the hands or nod
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 9

beckon wave

sample sentences

"She waved to her friends"
"He waved his hand hospitably"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

waving wave waver

semantic pointers

hypernym

gesticulate, gesture, motion

move or swing back and forth
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2

brandish flourish wave

sample sentences

"She waved her gun"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

waver

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brandish

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

flourish

semantic pointers

entailment

hold, take hold

hypernym

move, displace

hyponym

wigwag

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

flap roll undulate wave

sample sentences

"The curtains undulated"
"the waves rolled towards the beach"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

flapping flap

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wave

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

roller

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

undulation undulation

semantic pointers

hypernym

move

hyponym

luff

set waves in
<verb.body>

wave

sample sentences

"she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s their hair

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wave

semantic pointers

hypernym

arrange, do, dress, set, coif, coiffe, coiffure

hyponym

marcel gauffer, goffer perm

twist or roll into coils or ringlets
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

curl wave

sample sentences

"curl my hair, please"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s their hair

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s their hair

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

curler curl

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wave

semantic pointers

hypernym

twist

hyponym

crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink