undulate
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[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin undulātus (“‘undulated’”), from *undula (“‘small wave’”), diminutive of Latin unda (“‘wave’”).
[edit] Verb
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to undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)
- (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
- (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
- (intransitive) To appear wavelike.
[edit] Translations
transitive: cause to move in a wave
transitive: cause to resemble a wave
intransitive: move in a wave
intransitive: resemble a wave
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[edit] Adjective
undulate