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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adjective uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-; adjective ˈʌn dʒə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-

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Définition of undulate

Origin :
  • 1660s, from undulation. Related: undulated, undulating.
  • verb rise and fall
Example sentences :
  • Don't they look brave As they undulate—(undulate, mind you,From unda, a wave).
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • In the meadows I see her undulate—the black miner, the mole, continues her labours.
  • Extract from : « The Bird » by Jules Michelet
  • Mrs. Hearty collapsed into a chair and began to undulate with mirth.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of Bindle » by Herbert George Jenkins
  • The two lower lobes are very small; the lobes are undulate or entire.
  • Extract from : « Forest Trees of Illinois » by Fuller George D.
  • I vow if her neck had been bare one could have seen it undulate beneath the skin.
  • Extract from : « Simon the Jester » by William J. Locke
  • It began to undulate like the threads of a cobweb lifted by the wind.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Lamps of Architecture » by John Ruskin
  • For variety's sake the engineer made it undulate horizontally, like a great serpent flying over the earth.
  • Extract from : « Fragments from The Journal of a Solitary Man » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The momentum of his jump carried him in a long swing, and he at once began to undulate himself to increase his swing.
  • Extract from : « Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater » by Vance Barnum
  • Her eyes began to glitter more brilliantly, and her shape to undulate in freer curves.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Moreover, the air has not only been made to undulate, but has had currents caused in it by the transit of the bodies.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

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