[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.
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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.
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Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
--Holder.
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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.
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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"