[
UK
/ˈʌndjʊlˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈəndʒəˌɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈəndʒəˌɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
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occur in soft rounded shapes
The hills rolled past -
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
The curtains undulated
the waves rolled towards the beach -
increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
The singer's voice undulated
ADJECTIVE
- having a wavy margin and rippled surface
How To Use undulate In A Sentence
- The bridge's roadway undulates gently at first, then abruptly starts heaving and twisting violently until it finally breaks apart.
- The stacked wood, being undisturbed for the summer months, is a haunt of mice, and the stoat undulates over it, coming down headfirst like a nuthatch. Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland
- In his own country the king granted these honourable augmentations to his armorial ensign: a chief undulated, ARGENT: thereon waves of the sea; from which a palm tree issuant, between a disabled ship on the dexter, and a ruinous battery on the sinister all proper; and for his crest, on The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
- A completely irrational white translucent roof undulates over the space like a gentle cloud, or the sky seen from under water on a pellucid day.
- Her face muscles contorted, her eyes turned black and her body began to undulate like a snake.
- The stacked wood, being undisturbed for the summer months, is a haunt of mice, and the stoat undulates over it, coming down headfirst like a nuthatch. Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland
- In the water, his short legs, with his double-jointed knees and pliable ankles attached to size 14 feet, help him undulate like a dolphin. Built to swim, Phelps found a focus and refuge in water
- The magnetosphere varies in size and shape, and its outer boundary - the magnetopause - gently undulates like a wave due to buffeting by the solar wind.
- It is a magical place, truly a dream for the roving angler; outsize black bream, sole, conger, plaice, wrasse, undulate rays, tope, pollack and mullet reside within casting distance of the shore.
- We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.