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Undulate

Undulate Meaning & Definition
Undulate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Undulate?

[adj] having a sinuate margin and rippled surface
[v] increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"
[v] move in a wavy pattern, as of curtains
[v] stir up (water) so as to form ripples
[v] occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Undulate: cockle | flap | riffle | ripple | roll | ruffle | smooth | wave

Related Terms | Find terms related to Undulate:

See Also | change | flow | flux | fold | fold up | luff | move | turn up

Undulate In Webster's Dictionary

\Un"du*late\, 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}.
\Un"du*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Undulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undulating}.] To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated. --Holder.
\Un"du*late\, v. i. To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

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