Waver : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Waver	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Waver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waver n someone who communicates by waving the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, falter, faltering the act of moving back and forth Synonym(s): waver, flutter, flicker v pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" Synonym(s): hesitate, waver, waffle be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" Synonym(s): falter, waver move hesitatingly, as if about to give way Synonym(s): falter, waver move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" Synonym(s): fluctuate, vacillate, waver move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" Synonym(s): flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver sway to and fro Synonym(s): waver, weave give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency Synonym(s): quaver, waver
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waver \Wa"ver\, n. [From {Wave}, or {Waver}, v.] A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[91]fre wavering, restless. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. --Ld. Berners. Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x. 23. In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton. Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}.