Undulate

//ˈʌndjəleɪt//

Synonyms for "undulate" (94 found)

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Related terms

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similar

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Translations

73 translations across 20 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вълнообразен adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • вълнообразен съм verb (intransitive: resemble a wave)
  • вълнувам verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • вълнувам се verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Catalan

4 entries
  • ondar verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • ondar verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)
  • ondular verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • ondular verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Danish

2 entries
  • ondulere verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • svinger verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lainetav adj (wavy in appearance or form)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aallottaa verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)
  • aaltoilla verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • kiemurrella verb (intransitive: resemble a wave)
  • saada aaltoilemaan verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)

French

2 entries
  • ondoyer verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • onduler verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

German

4 entries
  • ondulieren verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)
  • schlängeln verb (intransitive: resemble a wave)
  • schwingen verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • sich wellenförmig bewegen verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Greek

4 entries
  • κυματιστός adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • κυματοειδής adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • κυματώδης adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • κυμαίνομαι verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • hullámosít verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)
  • hullámzik verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • ondolál verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)

Korean

2 entries
  • 흔들다 verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • 흔들리다 verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Māori

3 entries
  • māpuna verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • ngapu verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • pūwakawaka verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bølget adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • bølge verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • طالغهلانمق verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • طالغهلانمق verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Polish

4 entries
  • falisty adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • falujący adj (changing one's voice)
  • pofałdowany adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • falować verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ondulado adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • ondear verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • ondear verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • ondular verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)

Russian

4 entries
  • волни́стый adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • волнообра́зный adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • ряби́ть verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • ряби́ть verb (transitive: cause to resemble a wave)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzvalovati verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ondulado adj (wavy in appearance or form)
  • ondear verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • ondear verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)
  • ondular verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bölja verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Turkish

3 entries
  • dalgalanma adj (changing one's voice)
  • dalgalandırmak verb (transitive: cause to move in a wave)
  • dalgalanmak verb (intransitive: move in wavelike motions)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At the end of a gestation period usually lasting from two to four weeks, the pregnant male’s abdominal area begins to undulate rhythmically, and strong muscular contractions eject from a few dozen to as many as 1,000 fully formed baby seahorses into the surrounding water.

Source: tatoeba (12001188)

Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.

Source: wiktionary

Come lovely and soothing death, / Undulate round the world, serenely arriving, arriving, / In the day, in the night, to all, to each, / Sooner or later delicate death.

Source: wiktionary

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