water wave

water wave
noun
1. : a gravity wave on water
2. : a method or style of setting hair by dampening with water and forming into waves

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1. a wave on the surface of a body of water.
2. a wave combed or pressed into wet hair and then dried.
[1550-60]

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water wave noun
1. A wave of water
2. A wave in the hair made by setting it when wet
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Main Entry:water

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water wave,
1. a wave set into wet hair with combs and dried with heat.
2. a wave of water.
wa|ter-wave «WT uhr WAYV, WOT-», transitive verb, -waved, -wav|ing.
to arrange (hair) in a water wave.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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