Today's Word
undulate \UN-juh-layt; UN-dyuh-\, intransitive:To move in, or have, waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.
"The actors' hands quiver and the poles undulate in the wind.-- Peter Marks, "'The Caucasian Chalk Circle': Brecht Can Be Fun.", New York Times, May 25, 1998
"Rather than tuna, several hundred white-sided dolphins come into focus, undulating crisply through the sea surface below.-- Carl Safina, Song for the Blue Ocean:Encounters Along the
World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas
"Most startling was the dancer's exposed, undulating abdomen, which she could adroitly activate while hardly moving her feet.-- Emily Wortis Leider, Becoming Mae West
Undulate derives from Latin undulare, from undula, a little wave, from unda, a wave.
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