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waved

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/weɪvd/ English

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verb

  1. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.“If you waive the right to be silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law.”
  2. To put aside, avoid.
  3. To outlaw (someone).
  4. To abandon, give up (someone or something).

verb

  1. To move from side to side; to sway.
  2. To stray, wander.

verb

  1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.“The flag waved in the gentle breeze.”
  2. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
  3. (metonymic) 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.“I waved goodbye from across the room.”
  4. To have an undulating or wavy form.

adjective

  1. Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
  2. Indented.
  3. Having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.

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