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undulates

undulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undulate.

Meaning of undulate

Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

  1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
    • Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave.
  3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
    • His tongue undulated.
  4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

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Questions about undulates

What is undulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undulate.

Words near undulates in the dictionary

  1. undulated antshrike
  2. undulated antshrikes
  3. undulated tinamou
  4. undulated tinamous
  5. undulately
  6. undulates
  7. undulating
  8. undulatingly
  9. undulatings
  10. undulation
  11. undulationism

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