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un⋅du⋅late

[v. uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adj. uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1. to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
2. to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.
3. (of a sound) to rise and fall in pitch: the wail of a siren undulating in the distance.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to move in waves.
5. to give a wavy form to.
–adjective
6. Also, un⋅du⋅lat⋅ed. having a wavelike or rippled form, surface, edge, etc.; wavy.

Origin:
1650–60; < L undulātus waved, equiv. to und(a) wave + -ul(a) -ule + -ātus -ate 1


un⋅du⋅la⋅tor, noun
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Main Entry: un·du·late
Pronunciation: '&n-j&-l&t, '&n-d(y)&-, -"lAt
Function: adjective
: having a wavy surface, edge, ormarkings undulate cell>
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