noun
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a moving unsteadily.
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a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid; a wave.
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something like a wave in action.
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(phys.) a periodic motion or disturbance consisting of a series of many oscillations that propagate through a medium or space, as in the propagation of sound or light, making the medium vibrate but not travel outward from the source with.
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a main division of a book, usu. bearing a title or number.
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a leaping, galloping etc. of a horse.
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(pros.) a metre consisting of twenty-one syllables in each foot.