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Undulate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Undulate has 4 senses
- undulate(v = verb.motion) cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle - stir up (water) so as to form ripples; Array is one way to flow, flux
- undulate(v = verb.stative) roll - occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" Sample sentences:
- undulate(v = verb.motion) flap, roll, wave - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" is one way to move
- undulate(v = verb.change) Array - increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated" is one way to change
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Derived forms noun undulation3, noun undulation2
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Adjective Undulate has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Undulate, a. [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim. from unda a wave; cf. AS. , Icel. unnr; perhaps akin to E. water. Cf. Abound, Inundate, Redound, Surround.].
Same as Undulated. [1913 Webster]
Undulate, v. t.
To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate. [1913 Webster]
"Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated."
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Undulate, v. i.
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Undulate, v. & adj.
--v. intr. & tr. have or cause to have a wavy motion or look.
--adj. wavy, going alternately up and down or in and out (leaves with undulate margins).
--v. intr. & tr. have or cause to have a wavy motion or look.
--adj. wavy, going alternately up and down or in and out (leaves with undulate margins).
Derivative
undulately adv.
Etymology
LL undulatus f. L unda wave
THESAURUS
Undulate
alternate, bank, be here again, be poised, billow, brandish, break, circle, comb, come again, come and go, come around, come round, come round again, come up again, crab, crash, cycle, dash, dip, ebb and flow, feather, fishtail, flap, flaunt, float, flourish, flutter, fly, heave, intermit, lift, loop, oscillate, peak, plow, popple, porpoise, pull out, pull up, pulsate, pulse, push down, reappear, recur, reoccur, repeat, return, revolve, rise, rise and fall, roll, roll around, rotate, scend, send, shake, sideslip, skid, slidder, smash, snake, spin, spiral, stunt, surge, swell, swing, toss, turn, wag, wave, wheel, wheel around, wield, wigwag, yawROGET THESAURUS
Undulate
Convolution
VB be convoluted, wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl, wave, undulate, meander, inosculate, entwine, intwine, twist, coil, roll, wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill, frizzle, crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort, contort, wreathe.Oscillation
VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.
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