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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples;
[syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate]

2. occur in soft rounded shapes;
- Example: "The hills rolled past"
[syn: roll, undulate]

3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
- Example: "The curtains undulated"
- Example: "the waves rolled towards the beach"
[syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]

4. increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves;
- Example: "The singer's voice undulated"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a wavy margin and rippled surface;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Undulate \Un"du*late\, v. i. To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

undulate adj 1: having a wavy margin and rippled surface v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate] 2: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn: roll, undulate] 3: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave] 4: increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"