Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (obsolete, except, UK, dialectal, dated) A sapling or other young tree left standing when other trees around it have been felled.
- One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
- An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
- A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
- A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
- A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
- A tool used to make hair wavy.
- (printing, historical) In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
- (obsolete) Synonym of waverer (“one who feels or shows doubt or indecision; a vacillator”).
Verbi
- To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
- (dated) To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.
- (archaic) To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.
- To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
- To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
- Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
- Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
- Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
- Followed by from: to deviate from a course; to stray, to wander.
- (figurative) Of the wits: to become confused or unsteady; to reel.
- To cause (someone or something) to move back and forth.
- To cause (someone) to begin to or show signs of weakening in resolve; also (rare), to weaken in resolve due to (something).
Esimerkit
- Flowers wavered in the breeze.
- With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
- Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
- His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
- ...and that when a man was in the wrong his courage wavered, and his nerves became unsteady, and so he couldn't fight to advantage and was easily overcome.
- Although they believe they can overhaul their 2-0 deficit, they cannot afford to be as lethargic as this at Camp Nou, and the time is surely approaching when Manuel Pellegrini's faith in Martín Demichelis wavers.
- I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
- The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers.
- Johnny is such a little waver; everyone who passes by receives his preferred greeting.
- She wavered, but in the end, she made the right decision.
- To waver is to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
- To waver is to fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | wavered |
| Imperfekti | wavered |
| Partisiipin preesens | wavering |
| Monikko | wavers |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | wavers |