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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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wave

/weɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/weɪv/
wave
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> wave

Myanmar meaning

(n) လက်ပြခြင်း။လက်ဝှေ့ယမ်းနှုတ်ဆက်ခြင်း။လှိုင်းလုံး။(ရူပဗေဒ)လှိုင်း။လှိုင်းလုံးကဲ့သို့ တလိပ်လိပ် တက်လာသောစိတ်ခံစားမှု။ (v) (လက်၊အလံ စသည်)ဝှေ့ယမ်းပြသည်။လက်ပြ၍သွားခိုင်းသည်။

Full entry

wave /weÇv/ v

၁။ (လေတွင်) လှုပ်ယမ်းနေသည်။ တလူလူ လွင့်သည်။ a field of waving corn ❍ a flag waving in the breeze ❍ branches waving in the wind.
၂။ ~ (at/to sb); ~ sth (at sb); ~ sth about (လက်ကို) ဝှေ့ယမ်းပြသည်။ လက်ပြသည်။ He waved when he saw us. ❍ They waved at/to us from across the road. ❍ She waved her arms (about) (in the air). ❍ The demonstrators were waving banners and placards (at passers-by). ❍ wave (sb) goodbye/wave goodbye to sb.
၃။ လက်ပြ၍ သွားခိုင်း သည်။ She waved them away impatiently. ❍ The policeman waved us on (ie indicated that we should continue).
၄။ (ဆံပင်) ကောက်သည်။ His hair waves naturally. ❍ She has had her hair waved.
n
၁။ [C] (က) လှိုင်းလုံး။ boats bobbing in/on the waves ❍ Huge waves crashed onto the beach. ❍ He sat in the water and let the waves break over him. ❍ surf
(ခ) တစ်သုတ်ပြီးတစ်သုတ်လာသော အရာ။ အသုတ်။ waves of tourists ❍ a new wave of invaders ❍ The pain comes and goes in waves.
၂။ the waves [pl] (fml ) ပင်လယ်ရေလှိုင်း။ The ship sank beneath the waves.
၃။ [C] လက်ဝှေ့ယမ်း နှုတ်ဆက်ခြင်း။ လက်ပြခြင်း။ With a quick wave of his hand, he was gone.
၄။ [C] (ဆံပင်) လှိုင်းတွန့်။ Her hair has natural waves. See also permanent wave
၅။ [C] လှိုင်းလုံးကဲ့သို့ တလိပ်လိပ်တက်လာသော စိတ်ခံစားမှု၊ အခြေအနေ။ a wave of anger/enthusiasm/hysteria ❍ a crime wave. See also heatwave, shock wave
၆။ [C] (က) (ရူပဗေဒ) လှိုင်း။ radio waves.
(ခ) ယင်းသို့သော လှိုင်းတစ်ခု။ See also medium wave, microwave
❏ make waves [IDM ] (infml ) မွှေသည်။ ခလောက်ဆန် သည်။ Some people seem to enjoy making waves.
❏ wave sth aside [PHRV ] ပယ်သည်။ My reservations about the plan were waved aside.
❏ wave sth/sb down [PHRV ] လက်ပြ၍ ယာဉ်ကိုတားသည်။
❏ wavelet /'weÇvlǝt/ n လှိုင်းအိ။ လှိုင်းကလေး။ gentle wavelets on a sandy shore.
❏ wave a magic wand [IDM ] ဆေးတောင်ဝှေးနှင့် ဖန်ဆင်း ပေးသည်။ He expects someone to wave a magic wand and find him a job.
❏ wavy adj ကောက်သော။ (လှိုင်းပုံ) တွန့်လိပ်သော။ လှိုင်းတွန့်။ a wavy line ❍ wavy hair.

More examples
  • The boat was smashed by a huge wave.
  • Children swam and played in the waves.
  • [wave of] : A fresh wave of selling sent technology stocks even lower.
  • A frightening wave of drug-related killings
  • [wave of] : Waves of protesters began arriving at the stadium.
  • [in waves] : Demonstrators came to the rally in waves.
  • Much of Dresden was destroyed by wave after wave of bombing.
  • [wave of] : They were overcome by a wave of horror at the news.
  • The scandal set off a wave of anger among local residents.
  • She felt a wave of tiredness sweep over her.
  • Jack walked away with a wave.
  • With a wave of the flag, the cars raced away.
Synonyms
gesticulate, gesture, signal, beckon, bending, billow, brandish, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crest, crush, curl, curlicue, current, direct, drift, dumper, epidemic, eruption, falter, flail, flap, flood, flourish, flow, fluctuate, flutter, fly, foam, ground swell, groundswell, gush, heave, impulse, indicate, influx, kink, loop, motion, move to and fro, movement, oscillate, oscillation, outbreak, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quaver, quiver, rash, reel, ridge, ringlet, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll, roller, rush, scroll, sea surf, seesaw, series, shake, sign, spate, stir, stream, surf, surge, sway, sweep, swell, swing, swirl, swish, switch, tendency, tide, tremble, trend, tube, twirl, twist, undulate, undulation, unevenness, uprising, upsurge, vacillate, vibrate, wag, waggle, waver, whirl, whitecap, wield, wigwag, winding, wobble
Antonyms
be still, calm, leave alone, line, mislead, persist, remain, stay, steady, straighten, untwist
Cross references
gesticulategesturesignalbeckonbendingbillowbrandishbreakercoilcomberconvolutioncorkscrewcrestcrushcurlcurlicuecurrentdirectdriftdumperepidemiceruptionfalterflailflapfloodflourishflow
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