🇬🇧 Wave meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A wave is a kind of moving pattern that carries energy, not objects. Imagine pushing one end of a long spring: you see a bump move along the spring, but the spring itself mostly stays in place. That bump is like a wave. Sound travels as a wave through air so we can hear. Light and heat also move as waves, even through space, bringing sunlight and warmth from the sun to Earth.

During the fire drill, the alarm’s sound wave was so strong my brain tried to evacuate too.

I told my little cousin that a microwave uses waves, and now he thinks his leftovers are surfing.

The sound wave from my alarm clock slaps my ears every morning and yells, “Get up, human!”

The science book said heat is a wave, so now I picture my soup shooting tiny hot waves that attack my tongue.

Light from the sun is a wave that takes about eight minutes to reach Earth, which means the sunlight on your face started its space road trip before you even decided to make that weird expression.

A child drops a stone into a dark pond and watches a wave run out. A second wave follows, then a third wave shines with moonlight. From the shore a bell sends a soft wave across the water and a warm wave of sound reaches the child. He smiles and drops one more stone.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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