Definition of UNDULATE

undulate

Verb

Verb Forms: undulated, undulating, undulates

  • To move with a smooth, wavelike motion.
  • stir up (water) so as to form ripples
  • occur in soft rounded shapes
  • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    • "The curtains undulated"
  • increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves
    • "The singer's voice undulated"
  • To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
  • To cause to resemble a wave.
  • To move in wavelike motions.
  • To appear wavelike.

Adjective Satellite

  • having a wavy margin and rippled surface

Adj

  • Wavy in appearance or form.
  • Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
  • sinuous, winding up and down.

Examples

  • The tiles seemed to undulate on his rack, hinting at a long, sinuous word opportunity.

Origin / 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”).

Scrabble Score: 9

undulate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
undulate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
undulate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

undulate: valid Words With Friends Word