Undulate is an English word with synonyms like roll or move. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Undulate meaning
- To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- To cause to resemble a wave.
- To move in wavelike motions.
Using Undulate
- The main meaning on this page is: To cause to move in a wavelike motion. | To cause to resemble a wave. | To move in wavelike motions.
- Useful related words include: roll, move, wave, flap.
- In the example corpus, undulate often appears in combinations such as: undulate their.
Context around Undulate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Undulate
- In this selection, "undulate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, animals, laterally, eels and side stand out and add context to how "undulate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because eels undulate side to and forth and undulate their lateral. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "undulate" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with undulate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In other environments, snakes and other animals undulate for locomotion. (10 words)
In general, snakes will use a modified form of concertina locomotion on smooth branches, but will laterally undulate if contact points are available. (23 words)
Incubating males rock back and forth and undulate their lateral skin folds, which circulates the water, increasing oxygen supply to both eggs and adult. (24 words)
R. P. Mackal (1976) The Monsters of Loch Ness page 216, see also chapter 9 and appendix G Dinsdale dismissed the hypotheses, because eels undulate side to side like snakes. (30 words)
They undulate their serpentine bodies as they glide through the air, and it turns out that these special movements are what let these limbless creatures make such remarkable flights. (29 words)
Incubating males rock back and forth and undulate their lateral skin folds, which circulates the water, increasing oxygen supply to both eggs and adult. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
In other environments, snakes and other animals undulate for locomotion.
They undulate their serpentine bodies as they glide through the air, and it turns out that these special movements are what let these limbless creatures make such remarkable flights.
Incubating males rock back and forth and undulate their lateral skin folds, which circulates the water, increasing oxygen supply to both eggs and adult.
In general, snakes will use a modified form of concertina locomotion on smooth branches, but will laterally undulate if contact points are available.
R. P. Mackal (1976) The Monsters of Loch Ness page 216, see also chapter 9 and appendix G Dinsdale dismissed the hypotheses, because eels undulate side to side like snakes.
Common combinations with undulate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: