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undulate definition

un·du·late (un′jə lāt′, -dyə-; for adj., -lit, -lāt′)

transitive verb undulated -·lat′ed, undulating -·lat′·ing

  1. to cause to move in waves
  2. to give a wavy form, margin, or surface to

Etymology: < L undulatus, undulated < *undula, dim. of unda, a wave: see water

intransitive verb

  1. to move in or as in waves; move sinuously
  2. to have a wavy form, margin, or surface

adjective

having a wavy form, margin, or surface; undulating
Also undulated un′·du·lat′ed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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