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waving
(encz) | waving,mávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
waving
(encz) | waving,vlnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Waving
(gcide) | Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waving.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate, to
wonder; akin to w[ae]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern to
be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel. v[=a]fa
to vibrate. Cf. Waft, Waver.]
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1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
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His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
--Trumbull.
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Where the flags of three nations has successively
waved. --Hawthorne.
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2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson.
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3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate. [Obs.]
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He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither
good nor harm. --Shak.
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waving
(wn) | waving
n 1: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn:
wave, waving, wafture] |
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flag waving
(encz) | flag waving, n: |
flag-waving
(encz) | flag-waving, adj: |
waving
(encz) | waving,mávání n: Zdeněk Brožwaving,vlnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
flag-waving
(gcide) | flag-waving \flag-waving\ adj.
fanatically patriotic; same as chauvinistic. [prenominal]
Syn: chauvinistic, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic.
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flag waving
(wn) | flag waving
n 1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: {flag
waving}, jingoism] |
flag-waving
(wn) | flag-waving
adj 1: fanatically patriotic [syn: chauvinistic, {flag-
waving(a)}, jingoistic, nationalistic,
ultranationalistic, superpatriotic] |
waving
(wn) | waving
n 1: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn:
wave, waving, wafture] |
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