Today let's learn a new word, undulate!

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Hi and welcome to Let’s Word Up! Each day we post a word of the day to help you improve your English language skills.

Today’s word of the day is undulate.

Undulate is a doing word therefore it is a verb.

Undulate has two meanings. Firstly it is to move or go with a smooth motion, moving up and down. Secondly it is to have a smoothly rising and falling form or outline.

An example of the word undulate used as a verb in a sentence would be:

She likes to watch the reeds undulate in the breeze, it calms her.

Or, If you look to your left, you'll see the countryside start to undulate as the rolling hills follow the river.

Undulate can also be used as an adjective, describing something as having a wavy surface or edge.

An example of undulate used as an adjective in a sentence would be:

This leaf is very undulate.

Or, The undulate patterns created a nice flow throughout the artwork.

Synonyms: surge, wave, billow, curly, squiggly.

Antonyms: steady, calm, smooth, flatten, plateau.

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