waveless

intransitive verb waved, waving

1. to move up and down or back and forth in a curving or undulating motion; swing, sway, or flutter to and fro: said of flexible things free at one end: flags waving in the breeze
2. to signal by moving a hand, arm, light, etc. to and fro
3. to have the form of a series of curves or undulations: hair that waves naturally

Origin: ME waven < OE wafian, akin to Ger waben, to fluctuate < IE *webh-, to move to and fro, prob. identical with *webh-, to weave

transitive verb

1. to cause to wave, undulate, or sway to and fro
2. to swing or brandish (a weapon)
3. 1. to move or swing (something) as a signal; motion with (the hand, arms, etc.)
   2. to signal (something) by doing this: to wave farewell
   3. to signal or signify something to (someone) by doing this: he waved us on
4. to give an undulating form to; make sinuous: to wave one's hair

noun

1. a ridge or swell moving along the surface of a liquid or body of water as a result of disturbance, as by wind
2. 1. an undulation or series of undulations in or on a surface, such as that caused by wind over a field of grain
   2. a curve or series of curves or curls, as in the hair
   3. an appearance of undulation, by reflection of light, on watered fabric
3. a motion to and fro or up and down, such as that made by the hand in signaling
4. something like a wave in action or effect; specif.,
   1. an upsurge or rise, as to a crest, or a progressively swelling manifestation: a crime wave, heat wave, wave of emotion, etc.
   2. a movement of people, etc., in groups or masses, which recedes or grows smaller before subsiding or being followed by another: a wave of immigrants
5. Old Poet. water; esp., the sea or other body of water
6. Physics 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: the medium does not travel outward from the source with the wave but only vibrates as it passes

Origin: altered (based on the v.) < ME wawe, a wave