[rip-uh
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verb, -pled, -pling, noun | 1. | (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze. |
| 2. | to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface. |
| 3. | (of a solid surface) to form or have small undulations, ruffles, or folds. |
| 4. | (of sound) to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude. |
| 5. | to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly. |
| 6. | to mark as if with ripples; give a wavy form to. |
| 7. | a small wave or undulation, as on water. |
| 8. | any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair. |
| 9. | a small rapid. |
| 10. | Geology. ripple mark. |
| 11. | a sound, as of water flowing in ripples: a ripple of laughter. |
[rip-uhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.| 1. | a toothed or comblike device for removing seeds or capsules from flax, hemp, etc. |
| 2. | to remove the seeds or capsules from (flax or hemp) with a ripple. |
| rip·ple 1 (rĭp'əl) v. rip·pled, rip·pling, rip·ples v. intr.
To cause to form small waves or undulations. n.
[Middle English ripplen, to wrinkle, crease, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] rip'pler n., rip'pling·ly adv. |
| rip·ple 2 (rĭp'əl) n. A comblike, toothed instrument for removing seeds from flax and other fibers. tr.v. rip·pled, rip·pling, rip·ples To remove seeds from with a comblike, toothed instrument. [Middle English, from *ripelen, to remove seeds; akin to Middle Low German repelen.] |