ˈən-dyə-
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Make Waves With the History of Undulate
Undulate and inundate (“to cover something with a flood of water”) are word cousins that flow from unda, the Latin word for “wave.” No surprise there. But would you have guessed that abound, surround, and redound are also unda offspring? While their modern definitions have nothing to do with waves or water, at some point in their early histories, they all meant “to overflow,” and caught a wave from there.
Examples of undulate in a Sentence
Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 12 Aug. 2024
His sculpture of Saint George slaying the dragon is installed in the courtyard of his museum, easily leading a visitor to assume that the creature’s scaly, undulating tail was intended to mirror the rough, rolling mountains in the distance.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Undulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undulate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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undulate
adjective
ˈən-d(y)ə-
-ˌlāt
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