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awave

/əˈweɪv/

adjective

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Meanings

adjectiveawave (not comparable)

not comparablewaving
The place is all awave with trees.
1827, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, An Island
2 more examples
The plains are all awave with grass, The skies are deepest blue
1896, Banjo Paterson, With the Cattle
A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 11

Origin

From a- + wave.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with awave

save dave wave slave cave grave WAV brave fave behave rave shave waive pave crave nave stave suave clave engrave Maeve enslave knave lave

Cite this entry

APA

awave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awave

MLA

“awave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awave. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awave.

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