awave

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ wave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈweɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Adjective

awave (not comparable)

1. waving
   • 1827, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, An Island:

     The place is all awave with trees.

   • 1896, Banjo Paterson, With the Cattle:

     The plains are all awave with grass,
     The skies are deepest blue

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 11:

     A sail! A veil awave upon the waves.