| VERB | motion | undulate, ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle | stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
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| stative | undulate, roll | occur in soft rounded shapes | |
| motion | undulate, roll, flap, wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | |
| change | undulate | increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | undulate | having a wavy margin and rippled surface |
| Sounds | ah'njhahley.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Having a wavy margin and rippled surface. | |
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| Broader | smooth | Of the margin of a leaf shape |
| Spanish | ondulado | |
| Meaning | stir up (water) so as to form ripples. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle | |
| Entails | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Broader | flow, flux | Move or progress freely as if in a stream |
| Spanish | ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | ondejar, ondular, onejar | |
| Meaning | Occur in soft rounded shapes. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | roll | |
| Spanish | ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | ondejar, ondular | |
| Meaning | Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The curtains undulated" | |
| Synonyms | roll, flap, wave | |
| Narrower | luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitar, girar, ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | agitar-se, agitar, girar, ondejar, ondular, onejar, oscil·lar, volar | |
| Nouns | undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
| undulation | wavelike motion | |
| Meaning | increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The singer's voice undulated" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
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