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Definition of Undulate

1. Adjective. Having a wavy margin and rippled surface.

2. Verb. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

3. Verb. Occur in soft rounded shapes. "The hills rolled past"

4. Verb. Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. "The waves rolled towards the beach"

5. Verb. Increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves. "The singer's voice undulated"

Definition of Undulate

1. a. Same as Undulated.

2. v. t. To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.

3. v. i. To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

4. a. Same as Undulated.

5. v. t. To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.

6. v. i. To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

Definition of Undulate

1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To appear wavelike. ¹

5. Adjective. Wavy in appearance or form. ¹

6. Adjective. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice. ¹

7. Adjective. (botany of a margin) Winding up and down gradually relative to the blade. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Undulate

1. to move with a wavelike motion [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Medical Definition of Undulate

1. Verb: To move in a wavelike motion. Adj., Wavy. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Undulate

unducted unducted fan undue undueness undug unduke unduked undukes unduking undulance

undulances undulant undulant fever undular undulary undulate (current term) undulated undulated antshrike undulated antshrikes undulated tinamou

undulated tinamous undulates undulating undulating fever undulating membrane undulating pulse undulatingly undulation undulationist undulationists

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