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onduler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fluctuate verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
  • ripple noun A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water.
  • undulate verb To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
  • wave noun A moving ridge on the surface of water, especially the sea.

Senses

onduler is used for these senses in English:

  • fluctuate (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
  • ripple (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
  • undulate (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
  • wave (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

fluctuate — full definition

  1. verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
  2. verb To change repeatedly between different moods, opinions or states.

ripple — full definition

  1. noun A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water.
  2. verb To form small waves, or to spread gradually through something like a crowd.

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