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Meanings of wind-generated waves in English

Russian
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Portuguese
onda do mar
Spanish
ola
Catalan
onada
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Surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water.

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Examples for "wave"
Examples for "wave"
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Broderbund's 3-D Home Architect is a good example of this new wave.
Wired
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The restrictions, however, have prevented a national second wave of the virus.
Reuters
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The Victoria curbs have prevented a second wave of national infection, however.
Reuters
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The agrichemicals industry has seen a wave of consolidation in recent months.
Reuters
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New generation wave energy: could it provide one third of Australia's electricity?
The Guardian
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The rate of movement of wind waves increases with their height.
Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography
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It made him think of the little wind waves in the snow, which he had often wondered at in winter.
Short Stories of Various Types
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"When the wind waved his garment how oft didst thou start!"
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
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The morning had been rainy; the ground was damp; the wind waved the tree-tops gently and caused a murmur like the tide.
Cæsar or Nothing
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A warm wind waved over the heath towards him; he could have shouted aloud, and his heart was quite filled with rapture.
Dame Care