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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

wave

/weɪv/

verb1 of 2

to move your hand or arm to say hello or goodbye

  • “Watch out for the strong waves, they can be dangerous.”Tatoeba
  • “The enormous wave was sweeping away everything in its path.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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