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undulate
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 wavy in appearance or form. 2 Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice. 3 (context botany of a margin English) winding up and down gradually relative to the blade. v 1 (context transitive English) To cause to move in a wavelike motion. 2 (context ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Undulate \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 .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a sinuate margin and rippled surface v. stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple , ruffle , riffle , cockle ] occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn: roll ] move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the land undulated, waterfalls appeared and disappeared. ▪ But though Rechtauk had disappeared and the forest been hewn down, the land was still soft and undulating, still green. ▪ By undulating this, it drives itself forwards ...
Usage examples of undulate.
Here and there large dunes of goldencoloured sand rose, some straight as city walls, some curved like seats in an amphitheatre, others indented, crenellated like battlements, undulating in beastlike shapes.
Ori Lavin, normally a calm, pragmatic Pelorist, almost a caricature of that sect, had reacted to Bilong as if to a shot of rejuvenating hormones, and sleeked his moustache every time she undulated by.
During one whole day, the great humpy beasts with huge black horns moved over the rolling hills of the northern grassland in a thick, undulating carpet, and Ayla and Jondalar stopped often to watch.
Hal had expected but was broken up with hillocks, undulating grassy glades and streaks of dark green forest that seemed to follow the courses of the many small rivers that crisscrossed the littoral as they meandered down to the sea.
A darker grey than the rest of his skin, the Medusoid cock undulated back and forth, its serpent-like moves hypnotic, compelling, drawing her fascinated gaze.
Undulating, mortarless flagstone walls of varying heights supported a series of planting beds that radiated away from the curving center walk like the lines on a topographic map.
Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, Yet with an undulating motion, Swayed to her outline gracefully.
Escaping through the pallet ventilation holes, the ribbon broke apart into blue-green droplets that briefly danced in weightless abandon before recongealing into large globules that undulated in the dimly lit cabin.
The grassy plain undulated like the swells of the ocean, and when they reached the next crest of higher ground and could see ahead, they reined in spontaneously and stared in silence at the strange sight that was revealed to them.
Then there was a short stretch of wood-running until the final easy schuss across the undulating lower meadows to the bottom cable-head, beyond which lay the main railway line and then the Pontresina-Samaden road.
Rolling eruptions undulated across the canopy, pointillistic ripplings of gold accompanied by the screeching of Furies.
In many of the yards and on the tops of many buildings, low walls enclosed flat desert-gardens, with tiny patches of scrubby grass, a few low cactuses and undulating sand.
The Golden River, which sprang from one of the lower and snowless elevations, was now nearly in shadow--all but the uppermost jets of spray, which rose like slow smoke above the undulating line of the cataract and floated away in feeble wreaths upon the morning wind.
That terrible picture haunted her, undulating at the edge of her consciousness, until it shifted and coalesced into a memory of the small flat where Steppy had died.
Flower-pot of the ordinary form, with undulate margin, zigzag submarginal band, belt of flower ornaments on the body.