Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waving

1 sense of waving

Sense 1
wave, waving, wafture -- (the act of signaling by a movement of the hand)
       => gesture, motion -- (the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wave

5 senses of wave

Sense 1
beckon, wave -- (signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably")
       => gesticulate, gesture, motion -- (show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave")

Sense 2
brandish, flourish, wave -- (move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

Sense 3
roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 4
curl, wave -- (twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please")
       => twist -- (turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head")

Sense 5
wave -- (set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair")
       => dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure -- (arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding")