or use Advanced Search
if you are searching for a compound word, note that it might appear in any of three ways, reflecting varied editorial practice: spaced ('house keeper'), solid ('housekeeper'), or hyphenated ('house-keeper')

Search results

Search phrase: wave

Plays

 10 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.vi.74Wave thus to express his disposition,Waue thus to expresse his disposition,
CoriolanusCor I.vi.76.1They all shout and wave their swords, take him up inThey all shout and waue their swords, take him vp in
CoriolanusCor III.i.8.1Their banners wave again.Their Banners waue againe.
CymbelineCym IV.ii.150Which he did wave against my throat, I have ta'enWhich he did waue against my throat, I haue tane
CymbelineCym V.iii.48O'er-borne i'th' former wave, ten chased by one,Ore-borne i'th'former waue, ten chac'd by one,
CymbelineCym V.v.481A Roman, and a British ensign waveA Roman, and a Brittish Ensigne waue
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.ii.173Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave!Sound Trumpets, let our bloody Colours waue,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.55Now, by the salt wave of the Mediterraneum, aNow by the salt waue of the mediteranium, a
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.95Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave,Who markes the waxing tide, / Grow waue by waue,
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.141A wave o'th' sea, that you might ever doA waue o'th Sea, that you might euer do

Poems

 2 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Venus and AdonisVen.86 Like a dive-dapper peering through a wave, Like a diuedapper peering through a waue,
Venus and AdonisVen.306 Fanning the hairs, who wave like feathered wings. Fanning the haires, who waue like feathred wings.

Glossary

 6 result(s).
flourishwave, brandish, shake about
roarerroaring wave, thundering breaker
surgeheavy wave, violent sea
waftbeckon, wave [at], signal
wavewaver, vacillate, alternate
wavemove up and down, incline

Thesaurus

 6 result(s).
heavy wavesurge
roaring waveroarer
waveflourish
wave atwaft
wave, heavysurge
wave, roaringroarer

Themes and Topics

 0 result(s).

Words Families

 9 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WAVEBASICwave n, wave v, wavering adj, waves n, waver v, waving adj
WAVEPEOPLEwaverer n
WAVESTATEsalt-waved adj, wave-worn adj

Snippets

 0 result(s).
x

Jump directly to