undulating

verb

increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

occur in soft rounded shapes

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

adjective

having a wavy margin and rippled surface

Roots

undaund- · Latin · wave

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