WAVES
n. countablen. moving lines of water on the surface of the ocean or a lake. You also use this word for the way light, sound, or heat travels through the air.
n. raised masses of water on the surface of a body of water, typically caused by wind or geological activity. In physics, it refers to the periodic disturbance of a medium or field that transfers energy without transferring matter.
The children played in the small waves at the beach.
Surfers gathered at the shore early in the morning to catch the largest waves before the wind changed direction.
The coastal town implemented new sea walls to protect its infrastructure from the increasingly powerful waves generated by seasonal storms and rising sea levels.
Often used in the plural when referring to the sea; used as a singular countable noun in physics to describe a specific oscillation.