undulatingadj.

Etymology: < undulate v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈundulating.

a. Moving after the manner of waves; rising and falling in (or like) waves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating

waving1585

flexuous1626

undulary1646

rippling1670

wavy1708

undulating1715

billowing1718

undulatory1794

waved1820

undulant1830

undulous1862

1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 38 Thro undulating Air the Sounds are sent.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 268 From these cracks will issue undulating flames.

1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iii. 70 The intervals must be considerable, and the balks be laid from boat to boat only, to admit of an undulating motion.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 14 I delighted to..watch the gently undulating billows, rolling their silver volumes.

a1874 in Coues Birds N.W. 113 Its flight is in undulating lines, like the Crossbill's.

b. transferred. Of sounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > wave-like

rippling1670

undulating1700

waving1876

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 422 Whence all Things..thither bring their Undulating Sound.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 316 Mark how the Spirits..Seize undulating Sounds, and catch the vocal Air.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen i. 10 Those well undulating tones [of speech] which belong to the best Osmanlees.

c. figurative. Exhibiting variations comparable to the rising and falling of waves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

1815 J. Bentham Springs of Action in Wks. (1843) II. 202 The maintenance of discipline among the undulating and tumultuous multitude.

1849 De Morgan Trigonometry & Double Algebra 1 Trigonometry contains the science of continually undulating magnitude.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. x. 182 Those cases [of Malta Fever] with well-marked waves of fever he calls ‘undulating’.

a. Forming a series of wave-like curves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating

waved1577

redundant1667

rippling1670

wavya1701

undular1738

undulating1738

up and down1775

waving1810

undulous1862

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > wavy

waving1604

undulated1623

waved1664

undulous1728

undulatory1796

wavy1839

undulating1884

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Muscle The Fibres..contract themselves into a wavy undulating kind of Surface.

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 369 The strata are parallel to each other, horizontal or undulating.

1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. ii. 23 The undulating flow given to every part of the drapery.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 366 The endodermis..only differs..in the undulating bands on its radial walls.

b. Of grounds, hills, etc.: Presenting a succession of gently rounded heights and hollows.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > undulating or undulated

wavy1774

undulating1794

rolling1795

undulated1821

undulatory1845

surging1847

1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 353 The wavy corn floats very beautifully upon the undulating downs.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iii. i. 351 It is an undulating plain, about twenty-five miles long.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 451 The luxuriance of the region, into whose leafy and beautifully undulating bosom we were now to be immerged.

1873 J. O. Brookfield Not Heroine II. 162 Soft, undulating distant hills.

Derivatives

ˈundulatingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adverb] > undulatingly

undulatingly1794

undularly1805

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 85 In some places it was dark grey, and undulatingly slaty.

1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 37 341 The..line of the sky, that..plays undulatingly from and into the..deeper tones of the river's visible bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	undulating
释义	undulatingadj. Etymology: < undulate v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈundulating. 1. a. Moving after the manner of waves; rising and falling in (or like) waves. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating waving1585 flexuous1626 undulary1646 rippling1670 wavy1708 undulating1715 billowing1718 undulatory1794 waved1820 undulant1830 undulous1862 1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 38 Thro undulating Air the Sounds are sent. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 268 From these cracks will issue undulating flames. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges iii. 70 The intervals must be considerable, and the balks be laid from boat to boat only, to admit of an undulating motion. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 14 I delighted to..watch the gently undulating billows, rolling their silver volumes. a1874 in Coues Birds N.W. 113 Its flight is in undulating lines, like the Crossbill's. b. transferred. Of sounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > wave-like rippling1670 undulating1700 waving1876 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 422 Whence all Things..thither bring their Undulating Sound. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 316 Mark how the Spirits..Seize undulating Sounds, and catch the vocal Air. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen i. 10 Those well undulating tones [of speech] which belong to the best Osmanlees. c. figurative. Exhibiting variations comparable to the rising and falling of waves. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1815 J. Bentham Springs of Action in Wks. (1843) II. 202 The maintenance of discipline among the undulating and tumultuous multitude. 1849 De Morgan Trigonometry & Double Algebra 1 Trigonometry contains the science of continually undulating magnitude. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. x. 182 Those cases [of Malta Fever] with well-marked waves of fever he calls ‘undulating’. 2. a. Forming a series of wave-like curves. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating waved1577 redundant1667 rippling1670 wavya1701 undular1738 undulating1738 up and down1775 waving1810 undulous1862 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > wavy waving1604 undulated1623 waved1664 undulous1728 undulatory1796 wavy1839 undulating1884 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Muscle The Fibres..contract themselves into a wavy undulating kind of Surface. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 369 The strata are parallel to each other, horizontal or undulating. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. ii. 23 The undulating flow given to every part of the drapery. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 366 The endodermis..only differs..in the undulating bands on its radial walls. b. Of grounds, hills, etc.: Presenting a succession of gently rounded heights and hollows. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > undulating or undulated wavy1774 undulating1794 rolling1795 undulated1821 undulatory1845 surging1847 1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy II. 353 The wavy corn floats very beautifully upon the undulating downs. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iii. i. 351 It is an undulating plain, about twenty-five miles long. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 451 The luxuriance of the region, into whose leafy and beautifully undulating bosom we were now to be immerged. 1873 J. O. Brookfield Not Heroine II. 162 Soft, undulating distant hills. Derivatives ˈundulatingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adverb] > undulatingly undulatingly1794 undularly1805 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 85 In some places it was dark grey, and undulatingly slaty. 1835 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 37 341 The..line of the sky, that..plays undulatingly from and into the..deeper tones of the river's visible bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.1700
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