"waveful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more waveful [comparative], most waveful [superlative]
Etymology: From wave + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|en|wave|-ful|pos=adjective}} wave + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} waveful (comparative more waveful, superlative most waveful)
  1. (chiefly poetic) Full of or abounding in waves Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-waveful-en-adj-87tqNcew Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: wavefuls [plural]
Etymology: wave + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wave|ful|pos=noun}} wave + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} waveful (plural wavefuls)
  1. The amount (of liquid) contained in a wave, or the amount (of material) able to be held by a wave
    Sense id: en-waveful-en-noun-9oCyq~Rf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for waveful meaning in English (1.7kB)

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