--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/9/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **waterfowl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Waterfowl are birds that swim and live on or near water, especially ducks, geese and swans.[↗](../../waterfowl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ducks, geese and swans are waterfowl.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wetland reserve is home to thousands of waterfowl.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Waterfowl have oily feathers that keep them dry.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many waterfowl fly south for the winter.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please don't feed bread to the waterfowl in the park — oats or seeds are better.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted the waterfowl on the lake for our science project.[↗](../../waterfowl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **watering** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) Giving water to plants or animals.[↗](../../watering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) The act of giving water.[↗](../../watering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The garden needs watering.[↗](../../watering/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Causing eyes or mouth to fill with water: watering eyes, mouth-watering food.[↗](../../watering/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A watering can» is a container with a spout for watering plants; «a watering hole» is a pool where animals drink, or (informal) a pub.[↗](../../watering/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am watering the tomatoes.[↗](../../watering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden needs watering every evening in summer.[↗](../../watering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill the watering can at the outside tap.[↗](../../watering/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chopping onions left me with watering eyes.[↗](../../watering/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of baking was mouth-watering.[↗](../../watering/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zebras gather at the watering hole.[↗](../../watering/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.[↗](../../watering/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.[↗](../../watering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.30.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../watering/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.[↗](../../watering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../watering/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel.[↗](../../watering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../watering/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **waterline** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The line along the side of a ship or boat where the water reaches.[↗](../../waterline/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A line or mark showing how high water has come, for example on a wall after a flood, or on a beach.[↗](../../waterline/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship was painted red below the waterline.[↗](../../waterline/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When we added marbles to our foil boat, the waterline rose up its side.[↗](../../waterline/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hole below the waterline can sink a ship.[↗](../../waterline/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can still see the waterline on the walls from last year's flood.[↗](../../waterline/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavier the cargo, the lower the ship sits in the water.[↗](../../waterline/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We marked the waterline on our model boat with a pen.[↗](../../waterline/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waterlogged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Waterlogged ground is so full of water that it cannot soak up any more, so puddles stay on top.[↗](../../waterlogged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A waterlogged boat or object is so full of water that it is heavy or sinks.[↗](../../waterlogged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The match was cancelled because the pitch was waterlogged.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After days of rain, the fields were waterlogged.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants can die in waterlogged soil.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old waterlogged boat sank to the bottom.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My shoes got waterlogged in the stream.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Clay soil gets waterlogged easily.[↗](../../waterlogged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waterloo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Waterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies.[↗](../../waterloo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Waterloo is a big railway station and area in London.[↗](../../waterloo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To meet your Waterloo means to suffer a final defeat after a long run of success.[↗](../../waterloo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Waterloo" is also a famous 1974 song by the Swedish band ABBA.[↗](../../waterloo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.[↗](../../waterloo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the train to London Waterloo.[↗](../../waterloo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The champion finally met his Waterloo in the final.[↗](../../waterloo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Duke of Wellington led the British army at Waterloo.[↗](../../waterloo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · ABBA won Eurovision with "Waterloo".[↗](../../waterloo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Waterloo is also a city in Ontario, Canada.[↗](../../waterloo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waterman** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A man who works on or with boats and water, or who carries and sells water.[↗](../../waterman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **watermark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A faint picture or pattern pressed into paper, which you can see when you hold it up to the light; banknotes have them to show they are real.[↗](../../watermark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A faint logo or word put over a digital picture or document to show who owns it.[↗](../../watermark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mark showing how high water has reached, as in "high-water mark".[↗](../../watermark/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To put a watermark on paper or a picture.[↗](../../watermark/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hold the banknote up to the light and you will see the watermark.[↗](../../watermark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The photo had the photographer's name as a watermark.[↗](../../watermark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school watermarked the test papers with its logo.[↗](../../watermark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A real banknote has a watermark; a fake one may not.[↗](../../watermark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The flood left a dirty watermark on the wall.[↗](../../watermark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't copy pictures with watermarks; they belong to someone else.[↗](../../watermark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · + Maintain attribution The Google "watermark" you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search.[↗](../../watermark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../watermark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **watermelon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large round or oval fruit with a hard green skin and sweet, juicy red or pink flesh with black seeds.[↗](../../watermelon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The juicy flesh of this fruit as food.[↗](../../watermelon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We ate watermelon at the beach on a hot day.[↗](../../watermelon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A watermelon is mostly water.[↗](../../watermelon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cut the watermelon into eight equal slices.[↗](../../watermelon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't swallow the seeds, spit them out.[↗](../../watermelon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Watermelons grow on long vines on the ground.[↗](../../watermelon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A whole watermelon is heavy, so carry it with two hands.[↗](../../watermelon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I would like some more watermelon, please.[↗](../../watermelon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Charley laughed, and said he would let the old man off if he would treat to a watermelon.[↗](../../watermelon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **waterproof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Waterproof means not letting water in or through.[↗](../../waterproof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A waterproof is a coat that keeps the rain off (UK).[↗](../../waterproof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To waterproof something means to treat it so water cannot get through.[↗](../../waterproof/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take your waterproof jacket in case it rains.[↗](../../waterproof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested which materials are waterproof.[↗](../../waterproof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My watch is waterproof, so I can swim with it.[↗](../../waterproof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic is waterproof but paper is not.[↗](../../waterproof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wellington boots are waterproof.[↗](../../waterproof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad waterproofed the tent before the trip.[↗](../../waterproof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your waterproofs before we go out.[↗](../../waterproof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **watershed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A watershed is a line of high land, such as a ridge, that divides two areas whose rivers flow in different directions.[↗](../../watershed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) A watershed is the whole area of land whose water drains into one river or lake.[↗](../../watershed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A watershed is an important moment when things change: a watershed in her life.[↗](../../watershed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) The watershed is the time in the evening after which TV programmes for adults can be shown.[↗](../../watershed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rain falling on this side of the hills flows into a different river: the ridge is the watershed.[↗](../../watershed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything that drains into the lake is its watershed.[↗](../../watershed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Joining the team was a watershed in his life.[↗](../../watershed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That film is shown after the watershed, so it's not for children.[↗](../../watershed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We must keep our watershed clean to have clean water.[↗](../../watershed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The discovery was a watershed moment in science.[↗](../../watershed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waterside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The waterside is the land along the edge of a river, lake or sea.[↗](../../waterside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Waterside describes things found by the water: a waterside cafe, waterside plants.[↗](../../waterside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had a picnic at the waterside.[↗](../../waterside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducks and moorhens live along the waterside.[↗](../../waterside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rat's house was right at the waterside.[↗](../../waterside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Waterside paths can be slippery.[↗](../../waterside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They ate at a waterside cafe by the harbour.[↗](../../waterside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Willows grow well by the waterside.[↗](../../waterside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Canoe, canoe, float to the waterside; That is my mother calling me.[↗](../../waterside/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **waterspout** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A waterspout is a column of water shooting up or out, such as a spout or a whirling tube of water over the sea.[↗](../../waterspout/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A waterspout is also a spout on a roof or cliff that pours out water.[↗](../../waterspout/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Was it a waterspout, or a heavy sea rolling suddenly upon them?[↗](../../waterspout/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Springs of water flowed out of the cliff in thick waterspouts.[↗](../../waterspout/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gushing waterspout took many strange forms.[↗](../../waterspout/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **watertight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Watertight means so closely made that no water can get in or out.[↗](../../watertight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hat was a deep tarpaulin, watertight, with a broad brim.[↗](../../watertight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the boat is watertight before you go out.[↗](../../watertight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our story needs a watertight reason for the bear's escape.[↗](../../watertight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **waterway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A waterway is a river, canal or other stretch of water that boats can travel along.[↗](../../waterway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The canal was an important waterway for carrying coal.[↗](../../waterway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Boats carry goods along the waterways of Europe.[↗](../../waterway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mississippi is a busy American waterway.[↗](../../waterway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rubbish in waterways harms fish and birds.[↗](../../waterway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Venice has many narrow waterways instead of streets.[↗](../../waterway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town grew up beside a great waterway.[↗](../../waterway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **waterworks** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A building or system that cleans water and sends it through pipes to people's homes.[↗](../../waterworks/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Tears; "turn on the waterworks" means to start crying, often to get sympathy.[↗](../../waterworks/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, euphemism) The body's system for making and passing urine (wee).[↗](../../waterworks/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "trouble with the waterworks".[↗](../../waterworks/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town's waterworks clean river water so we can drink it.[↗](../../waterworks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the old Victorian waterworks on our school trip.[↗](../../waterworks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as she lost the game, she turned on the waterworks.[↗](../../waterworks/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Here come the waterworks; my little brother has dropped his ice cream.[↗](../../waterworks/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad went to the doctor about his waterworks.[↗](../../waterworks/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A new waterworks was built to supply the growing city.[↗](../../waterworks/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **watery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Containing too much water; thin and weak: watery soup.[↗](../../watery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Full of water or wet: watery eyes.[↗](../../watery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pale, weak in colour or light: a watery sun.[↗](../../watery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Like water or connected with water: a watery grave.[↗](../../watery/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The soup was watery and tasteless.[↗](../../watery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My eyes go watery when I chop onions.[↗](../../watery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A watery sun peeped through the clouds.[↗](../../watery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a watery smile through her tears.[↗](../../watery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint was too watery to cover the paper.[↗](../../watery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates were sent to a watery grave.[↗](../../watery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pleasure-boats, with their swelling sails, skim lightly over the watery mirror, like white butterflies.[↗](../../watery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **watt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The unit used to measure power: how fast energy is used or produced.[↗](../../watt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") One watt is one joule of energy every second.[↗](../../watt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) James Watt was a Scottish engineer who improved the steam engine; the unit is named after him.[↗](../../watt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An LED bulb uses only about 10 watts.[↗](../../watt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle uses 3,000 watts, or 3 kilowatts.[↗](../../watt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A watt is a unit of power.[↗](../../watt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The watt is named after James Watt.[↗](../../watt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Which uses more watts, the hairdryer or the phone charger?[↗](../../watt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind turbine makes two million watts, or two megawatts.[↗](../../watt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moving ridge of water on the sea or a lake.[↗](../../wave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A movement of your hand to say hello, goodbye or to get attention.[↗](../../wave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to move your hand or something in your hand from side to side.[↗](../../wave/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In science, a way energy travels: sound waves, light waves.[↗](../../wave/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A sudden rise of something.[↗](../../wave/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a heat wave", "a wave of sadness".[↗](../../wave/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A curl in hair.[↗](../../wave/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The waves crashed on the beach.[↗](../../wave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wave goodbye to Grandma.[↗](../../wave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She waved to me from the bus.[↗](../../wave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound travels in waves.[↗](../../wave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a hot summer with a heat wave.[↗](../../wave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wave your arm if you need help in the sea.[↗](../../wave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A huge wave knocked me over.[↗](../../wave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd did a Mexican wave.[↗](../../wave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now a wave came rolling onward.[↗](../../wave/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.[↗](../../wave/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.[↗](../../wave/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto the LORD.[↗](../../wave/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.8.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the waves of Death compassed me.[↗](../../wave/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.22.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down.[↗](../../wave/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.[↗](../../wave/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wave/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **waver** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To be unsure and keep changing your mind; to hesitate: she wavered between the red and the blue.[↗](../../waver/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become weaker or less steady: his courage wavered.[↗](../../waver/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To move or shake unsteadily: the candle flame wavered.[↗](../../waver/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Of a voice: to shake.[↗](../../waver/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wavered between the two puppies.[↗](../../waver/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice wavered as he spoke.[↗](../../waver/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's good resolutions wavered at the sound of a horn.[↗](../../waver/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The candle flame wavered in the wind.[↗](../../waver/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her courage never wavered.[↗](../../waver/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He wavered at the edge of the diving board.[↗](../../waver/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the prince did not waver, and declared he would abide by his words.[↗](../../waver/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.[↗](../../waver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../waver/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, yea, return unto Me; and if thou wilt put away thy detestable things out of My sight, and wilt not waver; (Prophets JER.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../waver/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **waving** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving your hand from side to side to say hello or goodbye, or to get attention.[↗](../../waving/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Moving something up and down or side to side in the air, like waving a flag.[↗](../../waving/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Moving gently with the wind, like grass or a flag waving.[↗](../../waving/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Waving something away or aside: refusing it or ignoring it.[↗](../../waving/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma is waving at us from the window.[↗](../../waving/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We stood on the platform waving goodbye.[↗](../../waving/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans were waving flags and cheering.[↗](../../waving/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A swimmer in trouble was waving one arm in the air.[↗](../../waving/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tall grass was waving in the breeze.[↗](../../waving/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She's waving to get the teacher's attention.[↗](../../waving/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Why is that man waving at us?[↗](../../waving/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") Let's stay with Mum.[↗](../../waving/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Children lined the street, waving to the parade.[↗](../../waving/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Steamboats, with waving flags, pass swiftly by.[↗](../../waving/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; (Torah LEV.23.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../waving/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.[↗](../../waving/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../waving/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/9/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/7/) - next →: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/9/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)