awave

English

Etymology

a- +‎ wave

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈweɪv/
Rhymes: -eɪv

Adjective

awave (not comparable)

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.

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