undulate
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Definition of undulate
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
“Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.”
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verb
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(transitive)To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
“Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.”
- (transitive)To cause to resemble a wave.
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(intransitive)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.”
- (intransitive)To appear wavelike.
adj
- Wavy in appearance or form.
- Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
- sinuous, winding up and down.
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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”).
Words you can make from undulate
136 playable · top: LUNATED (8 pts)
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21 words4-letter words
48 words- AULD 5 pts
- DALE 5 pts
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- UNDE 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
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- ELAN 4 pts
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40 words- AND 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
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- ELD 4 pts
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- LED 4 pts
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- TUN 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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