undulate
verb
- to move in a wavy pattern
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈʌndjəlɪt/ / /ˈʌndjʊlɪt/ / /ˈʌnd͡ʒəlɪt/ / /ˈʌndjəleɪt/ / /ˈʌndjʊleɪt/ / /ˈʌnd͡ʒəleɪt/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin undulātus (“undulated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
- Wavy in appearance or form.
- Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
- sinuous, winding up and down.
verb
Etymology: First attested in 1664; borrowed from New Latin undulātus, the perfect passive participle of undulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).
- To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
“Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.”
- To cause to resemble a wave.
- To move in wavelike motions.
“His tongue undulated.”
“Come lovely and soothing death, / Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, / In the day, in the night, to all, to each, / Sooner or later delicate death.”
- To appear wavelike.