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Webster 1913 Edition


Undulate

Un′du-late

,
Adj.
[L.
undulatus
undulated, wavy, a dim. from
unda
a wave; cf. AS. [GREEK][GREEK], Icel.
unnr
; perhaps akin to E.
water
. Cf.
Abound
,
Inundate
,
Redound
,
Surround
.]
Same as
Undulated
.

Un′du-late

,
Verb.
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.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and
undulated
.
Holder.

Un′du-late

,
Verb.
I.
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave;
as,
undulating
air
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Undulate

UN'DULATE

,

Definition 2024


undulate

undulate

English

Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
    • Holder
      Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
  2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
  3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
  4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations

See also

Adjective

Flowers with undulate petal margins

undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

  1. Wavy in appearance or form.
  2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
  3. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations


Latin

Adjective

undulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus