undulate

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Don't they look brave As they undulate--(_undulate_, mind you From unda, a wave The noise of those sheep-bells, how faint it Sounds here--(on account of our height)!

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  1. transitive verb To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion.
  2. transitive verb To give a wavelike appearance or form to.
  3. intransitive verb To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion. See Synonyms at swing.
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  • It did not undulate, but came steadily, proof that no cricket was making it, although the note did sound vaguely like that insect Doc whipped for the source of the noise--an adjacent room. —  027 - The Secret In The Sky
  • It broke on to us, upheaving and making the earth undulate, and as it came I said, 'By Jove! —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
  • As market waters undulate, small caps might keep you afloat. —  Forbes.com: News
  • Women in colourful skirts twirl and undulate, using graceful hand and arm motions while their feet shuffle along the ground.
  • • At the same time, the power of the synchronized motion within the atomic structure will cause the material to undulate or expand and contract like a 'beating heart'. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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undulate:   undulating ·  undulated
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Late Latin undula, small wave, diminutive of Latin unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin undulatus, waved, wavy, diversified as with waves, waved, from undula, a wave, diminutive of unda, a wave: see ound, and cf. undine, undulous, etc.
  2. from undulate, a.; cf. French onduler = Spanish undular, ondular = Italian ondulare, wave, have a waving motion, from New Latin as if *undulare, rise and fall in waves, wave; cf. Latin undulatus, waved, wavy, diversified as with waves, from undula, diminutive of unda, wave: see undulate, a.
 

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/ˈəndjuleɪt/
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