[responsivevoice] undulate [/responsivevoice] [ uhn-juh-leyt ]
The word of the day is ‘undulate.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is undulated.
It means:
1. Rise and fall
2. Move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.
3. Swing
4. Whirl
1. Hindi – Laharaata
2. Spanish – Ondular
3. French – Onduler
4. Mandarin – Bōdòng
1. In the meadows I see her undulate—the black miner, the mole, continues her labours.
2. Mrs Hearty collapsed into a chair and began to undulate with mirth.
3. The surface of the liquid undulated gently.
4. The two lower lobes are very small; the lobes are undulate or entire.
5. It began to undulate like the threads of a cobweb lifted by the wind.
billow, wobble, flow, heave, oscillate, ripple, roll, surge, swell, swing, wave, rise and fall, whirl, fluctuate, pulsate, slither, curl, vacillate, wag etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
flat, smooth, steady, rough, strait, serene, unswirl, persist, abide, stick
Quotation:
Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gently undulating surface of lakes, I find inspiration in the movement of water. Sometimes I think about the journey the water has travelled, reconnecting me to the larger cycles of nature.
Janet Echelman
Social Example:
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