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Webster 1913 Edition

Undulate

Un′du-late

,
Adj.
[L.
undulatus
undulated, wavy, a dim. from
unda
a wave; cf. AS. [GREEK][GREEK], Icel.
unnr
; perhaps akin to E.
water
. Cf.
Abound
,
Inundate
,
Redound
,
Surround
.]
Same as
Undulated
.

Un′du-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Undulated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Undulating
.]
To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.
Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and
undulated
.
Holder.

Un′du-late

,
Verb.
I.
To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave;
as,
undulating
air
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Undulate

UN'DULATE

,

Definition 2024

undulate

undulate

English

Verb

undulate ‎(third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
    • Holder
      Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated.
  2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
  3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
  4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations

See also

Adjective

Flowers with undulate petal margins

undulate ‎(comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

  1. Wavy in appearance or form.
  2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
  3. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations

Latin

Adjective

undulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of undulātus

Etymology

From Late Latin undulātus ‎(“undulated”), from *undula ‎(“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda ‎(“wave”).

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