wellen — meaning in English

English meaning

• crimp verb To press or bend something into small folds or ridges.
• undulate verb To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
• wave noun A moving ridge on the surface of water, especially the sea.

Senses

wellen is used for these senses in English:

• corrugate To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.
• crimp To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
• undulate (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave.
• 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.

crimp — full definition

1. verb To press or bend something into small folds or ridges.
2. verb To fasten two pieces of metal together by squeezing or bending them.
3. noun A tight wave or kink, especially in hair.
4. noun Informal: something that restricts or limits (usually in the phrase "put a crimp in").

undulate — full definition

1. verb To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
2. verb To cause to resemble a wave.
3. verb To move in wavelike motions.
4. verb To appear wavelike.

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