undulate
part of speech
verb (undulate, undulates, undulated, undulating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To undulate is to move up and down or side to side in smooth waves. tree →
2) Land or a surface that undulates has a gentle wavy shape, with soft rises and dips. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography: undulating hills and countryside. In science: snakes, eels and jellyfish undulate to move. In descriptive writing it gives a calm, flowing picture. The adjective «undulating» is the most common form.
examples
- The snake undulated across the sand. tree →
- The road undulated over gentle hills. tree →
- Seaweed undulates in the waves. tree →
- We walked through undulating farmland. tree →
- The flag undulated in the breeze. tree →
- A ribbon undulated behind the gymnast. tree →
- Upon my word, as the head came waving and undulating through the air, and reaching almost within arm's length of Prince Jason, it was a very hideous and uncomfortable sight. tree →
note
Regular verb. From Latin «unda», a wave. Formal or descriptive; in everyday speech say «roll», «ripple» or «wave».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «undulate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.