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undulate

un·du·late

UK/ˈʌndjəlɪt/ US/ˈʌndjʊlɪt/ uncommon
verb (4) adjective (1)

verb

1.

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

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2.

occur in soft rounded shapes

  • “The hills rolled past”
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3.

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

  • “The curtains undulated”
  • “the waves rolled towards the beach”
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4.

increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves

  • “The singer”

adjective

1.

having a sinuate margin and rippled surface

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Origin

First attested in 1664; borrowed from New Latin undulātus, the perfect passive participle of undulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).

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