Meaning & use

undulated

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Moved with a smooth, wavelike motion, rising and falling in a continuous flowing pattern.

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The dancer's body undulated gracefully to the rhythm of the drums.

Fields of wheat undulated in the wind as far as the eye could see.

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From the Latin 'unda', meaning 'wave'; often used to describe landscapes, fabrics, or bodies in fluid motion.

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