Clues for the word "WAVE"

We've had 157 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 250 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on May 16, 2026.

Definition of wave

v. t. - See Waive.
v. i. - To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
v. i. - To be moved to and fro as a signal.
v. i. - To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
v. t. - To move one way and the other; to brandish.
v. t. - To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
v. t. - To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
v. t. - 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.
v. i. - An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
v. i. - A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
v. i. - Water; a body of water.
v. i. - Unevenness; inequality of surface.
v. i. - A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
v. i. - The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
v. i. - Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
n. - Woe.