 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
undulate
adjective: having a sinuate margin and rippled surface
verb
1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: {ripple}, {ruffle},
{riffle}, {cockle}]
2: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn:
{roll}]
3: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the
beach" [syn: {roll}, {flap}, {wave}]
4: increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves;
"The singer's voice undulated"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Undulate \Un"du*late\, adjective [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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Undulate \Un"du*late\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Undulate \Un"du*late\, verb (used without an object)
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to
wave; as, undulating air.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "undulate":
alternate, bank, be here again, be poised, billow, brandish, break,
circle, comb, come again, come and go, come around, come round,
come round again, come up again, crab, crash, cycle, dash, dip,
ebb and flow, feather, fishtail, flap, flaunt, float, flourish,
flutter, fly, heave, intermit, lift, loop, oscillate, peak, plow,
popple, porpoise, pull out, pull up, pulsate, pulse, push down,
reappear, recur, reoccur, repeat, return, revolve, rise,
rise and fall, roll, roll around, rotate, scend, send, shake,
sideslip, skid, slidder, smash, snake, spin, spiral, stunt, surge,
swell, swing, toss, turn, wag, wave, wheel, wheel around, wield,
wigwag, yaw
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