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wave

Main Entry: ¹wave

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): waved, waving

Language: English

intransitive verb

1 : saludar con la mano, hacer señas con la mano <she waved at him : lo saludó con la mano>
2 flutter, shake : ondear, agitarse
3 undulate : ondular

transitive verb

1 shake : agitar
2 brandish : blandir
3 curl : ondular, marcar (el pelo)
4 signal : hacerle señas a (con la mano) <he waved farewell : se despidió con la mano>

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