Meaning of UNDULATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'unjulit, [v]'unju`leyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | cockle, flap, riffle, ripple, roll, ruffle, smooth, wave |
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| | See Also: | | change, flow, flux, fold, fold up, luff, move, turn up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - Verb: To move in a wavelike motion.
- Adj.: Wavy.
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