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21wave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wag, shake, sway, flutter, stream (in the wind); signal, motion, gesture, indication; roll, undulate; ripple, swell, billow, flood, surge; flaunt, flourish. n. sea, tide, water, ripple, billow, etc.,… …
22vibrate — [c]/vaɪˈbreɪt / (say vuy brayt) verb (vibrated, vibrating) –verb (i) 1. to move to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate. 2. to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble. 3. (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or… …
23vibrate — vi•brate [[t]ˈvaɪ breɪt[/t]] v. brat•ed, brat•ing 1) phs to move to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate 2) to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble 3) phs (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory… …
24shake — I. verb (shook; shaken; shaking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceacan; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move irregularly to and fro 2. to vibrate especially as the result of a blow… …
25wave — [wāv] vi. waved, waving [ME waven < OE wafian, akin to Ger waben, to fluctuate < IE * webh , to move to and fro, prob. identical with * webh , to WEAVE] 1. to move up and down or back and forth in a curving or undulating motion; swing, sway …
26fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
27sway — /sweɪ / (say sway) verb (i) 1. to move to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support; swing to and fro. 2. to move or incline to one side or in a particular direction. 3. to incline in opinion, sympathy, tendency, etc. 4. to… …
28wave — verb 1》 move one s hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal. ↘move (one s hand or arm, or something held in one s hand) to and fro. ↘(wave someone/thing down) wave one s hand to stop a driver or vehicle. ↘(wave something aside)… …
29vibrate — [17] Vibrate comes from Latin vibrāre ‘move quickly to and fro, shake’. This went back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo European base *wib , *weib ‘move quickly to and fro’, which also produced English weave ‘move to and fro’ (as in ‘weave… …
30wave — ► VERB 1) move one s hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal. 2) move (one s hand or arm, or something held in one s hand) to and fro. 3) move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point. 4) style (hair) so that it… …
