Found 3 items, similar to waver.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: waver
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: waver
waver
n 1: someone who communicates by waving
2: the act of pausing uncertainly;
“there was a hesitation in
his speech” [syn:
hesitation,
falter,
faltering]
3: the act of moving back and forth [syn:
flutter,
flicker]
v 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;
“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures” [syn:
hesitate,
waffle]
2: be unsure or weak;
“Their enthusiasm is faltering” [syn:
falter]
3: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn:
falter]
4: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;
“the line on the monitor vacillated” [syn:
fluctuate,
vacillate]
5: move back and forth very rapidly;
“the candle flickered”
[syn:
flicker,
flitter,
flutter,
quiver]
6: sway to and fro [syn:
weave]
7: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or
frequency [syn:
quaver]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Waver
Waver
\Wa"ver\, n. [From
Wave, or
Waver, v.]
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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Waver
\Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Wavered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering,
restless. See
Wave, v. i.]
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1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other;
hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
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With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
--Ld. Berners.
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Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror
to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be
undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
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Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x.
23.
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In feeble hearts, propense enough before
To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton.
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Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See
Fluctuate.
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