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/ˈəndʒəlˌeɪt/ Listen

Undulate

verb

(past & past part. undulated; pres. part. undulating)

Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, ruffle.

Occur in soft rounded shapes. Synonym: roll.

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. Synonyms: flap, roll, wave. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

Increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves.

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"Undulate" Quotes from Famous Books

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— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... a die, Joe's hands caught and gripped the bar of the swinging trapeze. So far he was safe. The momentum of his jump carried him in a long swing, and he at once began to undulate himself to increase his swing. He must do this in order to get to ...

— Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater - The Most Dangerous Performance on Record • Vance Barnum

... he said, surveying his handiwork, which seemed to undulate as the cars swept past. "It runs to the cove—or ought to—" He stopped abruptly with ...

— In Search of the Unknown • Robert W. Chambers

... timid or breathless, which seizes the heart when one believes one's self in the vicinity of supernatural beings, in presence of those whom one does not know either how to divine or to lay hold of, to embrace or to charm. He always made the melody undulate like a skiff borne on the bosom of a powerful wave; or he made it move vaguely like an aerial apparition suddenly sprung up in this tangible and palpable world. In his writings he at first indicated ...

— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks

Words linked to "Undulate" : smooth, flux, luff, fold up, turn up, move, undulation, fold, flow, change