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wave

noun: a member of the women's component of the United States Navy formed during World War II and discontinued in the 1970s
noun: a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid (as of the sea)
noun: an area of moving water that is raised above the main surface of an ocean, a lake, etc.
verb: to move your hand or something held in your hand usually in a repeated motion in order to signal or greet someone
verb: to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute
usually used as '(be/get) waved'
synonyms: float, flutter, undulate

At the age of 80, she's 'riding a/the wave of' renewed interest in her work. [=she's experiencing a time when many people are interested in her work again]
The traffic cop 'waved' cars 'through'. [=waved in a way that told drivers to continue driving through a particular area]
The new school has triggered a 'wave' of optimism [=has made many people feel optimistic] about the public school system.

(..) Would never be the final sights that fell upon their eyes. A fly upon a wall, the waves the sea wind whipped and churned--" "The city of a thousand years, and all that men had learned; (..)
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