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Wave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waved p. pr. & vb. n. Waving.]
1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
His purple robes waved careless to the winds. --Trumbull.
Where the flags of three nations has successively waved. --Hawthorne.
2. To be moved to and fro as a signal.
3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate. [Obs.]
He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. --Shak.
Waved a.
1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
3. Her. Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
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