wave/waive

wave (wāv)

Verb. Intransitive

• To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.
• To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand: waved as she drove by.
• To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl: Her hair waves naturally.

Verb. Transitive

• To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly: She waved a fan before her face.
• To move or swing as in giving a signal: He waved his hand.
• To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations: wave one's hair.

Noun

• A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water.
• The sea. Often used in the plural: vanished beneath the waves.
• A curved shape, outline, or pattern.
• A movement up and down or back and forth: a wave of the hand.
• A surge or rush, as of sensation: a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.

waive (wāv)

Verb. Transitive

• To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily; relinquish.
• To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule or penalty) To put aside or off temporarily; defer.