Wave meaning : To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. To move one’s hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure. (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. To have an undulating or wavy form. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to. To produce waves to the hair. To swing and miss at a pitch. To cause to move back and forth repeatedly. (metonymic) To signal (someone or something) with a waving movement. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.