Surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water.
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Examples for "wave "
1 Broderbund's 3-D Home Architect is a good example of this new wave .
2 The restrictions, however, have prevented a national second wave of the virus.
3 The Victoria curbs have prevented a second wave of national infection, however.
4 The agrichemicals industry has seen a wave of consolidation in recent months.
5 New generation wave energy: could it provide one third of Australia's electricity?
1 The rate of movement of wind waves increases with their height.
2 It 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!"
4 The morning had been rainy; the ground was damp; the wind waved the tree-tops gently and caused a murmur like the tide.
5 A warm wind waved over the heath towards him; he could have shouted aloud, and his heart was quite filled with rapture.
6 I lift up my right leg and sweep from left to right, hitting his right waist just like a wind waving the lotus leaves.
7 The ice-covering of the water nearly obliterated all wind waves which generally impair the accuracy of staff readings made in open bodies of water.
8 The winds waved and fluttered their garments, the waters uttered a voice breaking on the rocky shore, and rose mute upon the farther coast.
9 The 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.
10 The cage was hung up on the bough of a tree, near the wigwam, to swing to and fro as the wind waved the tree.
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