0 past simple and past participle of wave --
1 to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression: --
2 to move from side to side, or to make something move like this while holding it in the hand: --
No magic wand described as monetary policy can be waved to cure these problems.
No legal magic wand can be waved to dispel the difficulties.
Will the private finance initiative magic wand be waved to produce prisons overnight?
It is not a matter to be waved on one side as if the point was a frivolous one.
We waved her goodbye to be later informed that she had never been seen again.
Banners were being waved; it was a romantic moment.
Tax relief on pension contributions may be the carrot, but the stick of compulsion is constantly being waved along with increased regulation for providers.
Vertical waved lines indicate unconformities, possibly major stratigraphic gaps.
