Crossword clues for waving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved; p. pr. & vb. n. Waving.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to w[ae]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[=a]fa to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.]
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To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
--Trumbull.Where the flags of three nations has successively waved.
--Hawthorne. To be moved to and fro as a signal.
--B. Jonson.-
To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.]
He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. Repeated moving of arms or hands to signal. vb. (present participle of wave English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "waving".
Atop the stairs the elder signaled for Brappa to wait, languidly waving a bony hand toward the balcony.
The marine retraced his steps, waving behind his back for Chastain to retreat.
It pointed downhill and walked backward into the forest shadows, waving its arms.
Et Avian, dressed in combat uniform and surrounded by elite militia guards waving their weapons, stepped through the press of soldiers and halted before Gorruk.
Then a figure emerged from the inky blackness, wearing civilian clothes and waving his hands frantically in the air.
After a few more flickers, the entire scene switched to a beautiful copper beach, complete with gently waving palms and a quaint beach house in the distance.
La Forge stared at a vast meadow with its gently waving grasses and shiny pools dimpling the landscape, all of it bathed in the golden glow of sunset.
At the base of the tree stood Leah Brahms in a flowing white dress, waving happily at him.
Breck took the lead, waving frantically when he saw his men up ahead, battling their way into the fortress.
As he entered Lukien heard the cries of friends, waving and welcoming him home.
Defenceless lay, when on a hell-black horse, An Angel bright as day, waving a brand Which flashed among the stars, passed.
And a mighty troop around, With their trampling shook the ground, Waving each a bloody sword, For the service of their Lord.
Which the circumfluous plain waving below, Like a wide lake of green fertility, With streams and fields and marshes bare, Divides from the far Apennines--which lie Islanded in the immeasurable air.
Sees summer on its verdant pastures smile, Its cornfields waving in the winds that sweep The billowy surface of thy circling deep!
A bearded father and his son sat in a crowd, waving pennants for the old Washington Redskins.