undulates
Moves like waves
Undulates means to move in a smooth, wavelike motion.
Water undulates, as do flags in the wind, rolling hills, and belly dancers.
The word captures rising and falling movement that flows continuously rather than jerking or stopping: The snake undulated across the sand.
Undulating terrain has gentle, repeated slopes.
Traveling energy disturbances
- ripplesSmall surface undulations
- oscillatesMoves rhythmically between points
- swaysMoves rhythmically sideways
- rollsSmall rounded breads
pulses · flows · billows · surges · ebbs · fluctuates · swells · heaves
Oscillating pitch effect
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- warbleSing with tremolo
- modulatesVaries in degree
- quaversShaky sounds or notes
throbs · pulsates · oscillation · frequency · waveform · resonance · theremin · drone
Contractile body tissue
serpent · snake · eel · caterpillar · jellyfish · tentacles · abdomen · body
waves
Traveling energy disturbances
- ripplesSmall surface undulations
- oscillatesMoves rhythmically between points
- swaysMoves rhythmically sideways
rolls · pulses · flows · billows · surges · ebbs · fluctuates · swells · heaves · sinuous
vibrato
Oscillating pitch effect
quavers · throbs · pulsates · oscillation · frequency · waveform · resonance · theremin · drone · hum
muscles
Contractile body tissue
hips · serpent · snake · eel · caterpillar · jellyfish · tentacles · abdomen · body · coils
silk
Fine woven insect fiber
- curtainsHanging fabric window covers
- drapesHanging window coverings
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
ripples · billows · chiffon · satin · flags · banners · ribbons · veils · scarves · sheets
hills
Low natural elevations
ridges · slopes · rolling · landscape · prairie · grasslands · moorland · steppes · countryside · topography
undulatesstands still
Ceases all movement
holds steady · freezes · stiffens · stagnates · immobilizes
- undulating membraneRippling locomotor organelle