undulated

Rose and fell

Undulated means moved or shaped in smooth, wave-like curves.

The past tense of undulate, it describes surfaces, motions, or patterns that rise and fall gently: The hills undulated toward the horizon.

Her voice undulated between whisper and song.

The snake undulated across the sand.

shape

wavy

Having gentle curves

sinuousCurving in flowing turns
serpentineCurving in repeated bends
curvingBending in arc

winding · meandering · rolling · corrugated · ridged · grooved · furrowed · scalloped · pleated · fluted

motion

rippling

Flowing in undulations

rollingTurning over repeatedly
swayingRhythmic lateral movement
oscillatingSwinging back and forth

pulsing · surging · bobbing · rocking · quivering · trembling · fluttering · throbbing · heaving · flowing

water

waves

Traveling energy disturbances

ripplesSmall surface undulations
swellsEnlarges or billows
billowsRolling masses that surge

surf · tide · currents · ebb · flow · whitecaps · breakers · wavelets · rollers · wash

terrain

rolling hills

Gently rising, falling landscape

dunesWind-formed sand ridges
valleysLow areas between hills
slopesAngled ground surfaces

contours · ridges · mounds · prairie · savanna · grasslands · moorland · downs · steppes · knolls

Opposites

motion/movement pattern

undulatedfroze

Became solid or still

halted · stiffened · stagnated · stopped · jerked

surface quality

undulatedflat

Lacking vertical variation

level · smooth · even · plane · straight

Phrases

undulating membraneRippling locomotor organelle

Family

undulating, undulate, undulation, undulates, undulations

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