wave
/weɪv/ verbe B1En français : saluer, onduler, agiter, brandir
- To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. · The flag waved in the gentle breeze.
- To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
- 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.
- To have an undulating or wavy form.
- To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
- To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
- To swing and miss at a pitch. · Jones waves at strike one.
- To cause to move back and forth repeatedly. · The starter waved the flag to begin the race.
He/she/it waves · Prétérit waved · Participe passé waved · Forme en -ing waving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- wave
- He/she/it
- waves
- Prétérit
- waved
- Participe passé
- waved
- Forme en -ing
- waving
Verbes à particule et expressions
- wave aside To dismiss something without paying much attention to it;...
- wave away To reject or dismiss with a hand gesture.
- wave down To cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.
- wave in To try, in public, to attract people into a business esta...
- wave off To give a wave of one's hand, or of a flag or wand, so as...
- wave through To indicate to a person or vehicle that they can proceed,...
Dans la bibliothèque
And yet if his wife and I talked together or there seemed any sympathy between us, a kind of wave of jealousy would pass over him, and he would be off the handle and saying the wildest things in a moment.
Holmes dismissed the subject with a wave.
From the far north they heard a low wail of the wind, and Uncle Henry and Dorothy could see where the long grass bowed in waves before the coming storm.
“Oh, isn’t it wonderful?” she said, waving her hand comprehensively at the good world outside.
Autres résultats
- WAVE A members of the WAVES A2
- wave To generate a wave. C2
- wave vague, flot, onde C2
- wave aside To dismiss something without paying much attent...
- wave away To reject or dismiss with a hand gesture.
- wave down To cause
- wave in To try, in public, to attract people into a bus...
- wave off To give a wave of one's hand, or of a flag or w...
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