undulate
[verb uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adjective uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-]
verb (used without object), un·du·lat·ed, un·du·lat·ing.
to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.
(of a sound) to rise and fall in pitch: the wail of a siren undulating in the distance.
verb (used with object), un·du·lat·ed, un·du·lat·ing.
to cause to move in waves.
to give a wavy form to.
adjective
Also un·du·lat·ed. having a wavelike or rippled form, surface, edge, etc.; wavy.
Origin of undulate
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wobble, billow, swell, flow, surge, swing, ripple, wave, heave, roll, oscillateExamples from the Web for undulate
Historical Examples of undulate
Don't they look brave As they undulate—(undulate, mind you,From unda, a wave).
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious
In the meadows I see her undulate—the black miner, the mole, continues her labours.
The BirdJules Michelet
Mrs. Hearty collapsed into a chair and began to undulate with mirth.
Adventures of BindleHerbert George Jenkins
The two lower lobes are very small; the lobes are undulate or entire.
Forest Trees of IllinoisFuller George D.
I vow if her neck had been bare one could have seen it undulate beneath the skin.
Simon the JesterWilliam J. Locke
undulate
verb
adjective (ˈʌndjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) undulated
Word Origin for undulate
C17: from Latin undulātus, from unda a wave
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