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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
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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)