Surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water.
1The rate of movement of wind waves increases with their height.
2It made him think of the little wind waves in the snow, which he had often wondered at in winter.
3"When the wind waved his garment how oft didst thou start!"
4The morning had been rainy; the ground was damp; the wind waved the tree-tops gently and caused a murmur like the tide.
5A warm wind waved over the heath towards him; he could have shouted aloud, and his heart was quite filled with rapture.
6I lift up my right leg and sweep from left to right, hitting his right waist just like a wind waving the lotus leaves.
7The ice-covering of the water nearly obliterated all wind waves which generally impair the accuracy of staff readings made in open bodies of water.
8The winds waved and fluttered their garments, the waters uttered a voice breaking on the rocky shore, and rose mute upon the farther coast.
9The cold night wind waved the bed-curtains, and he paused for a moment-allwas still again-andhe stepped in upon the floor of the room.
10The cage was hung up on the bough of a tree, near the wigwam, to swing to and fro as the wind waved the tree.
Translations for wind wave