Undulate
61Commelina lukei — Male and bisexual flowers, on a plant grown from a cutting of William Richard Quentin Luke s collection. Conservation status …
62curl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roll, wave, ripple, spiral, twist, coil. See convolution, curvature. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ringlet, coil, spiral, wave, kink, curlicue, lock, tress, lovelock; see also coil , hair 1 , lock 2 . v. 1 …
63heave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lift, hoist, raise; throw, pitch, toss; swell, expand; undulate; vomit. See elevation, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. throw, hurl, fling, cast, wing, toss; see also pitch 2 . v. 1. [To raise… …
64ripple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gurgle, babble, purl. n. riffle, wavelet. See agitation, water. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wave, undulate, curl, break; see wave 4 . See Synonym Study at wave . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n.… …
65rock — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. swing, sway, oscillate, teeter. See oscillation. n. crag, boulder, cliff, stone; refuge, haven, support, defense; slang, diamond, jewel, gem. See land, stability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …
66swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …
67abound — [14] Abound has no connection with bind or bound. Its Latin source means literally ‘overflow’, and its nearest relative among English words is water. Latin undāre ‘flow’ derived from unda ‘wave’ (as in undulate), which has the same ultimate root… …
68redundant — [17] Etymologically, something that is redundant ‘overflows’ because there is too much of it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin redundāre ‘flow back, overflow’ (source also of English redound [14]). This was a compound verb… …
69sound — English has no fewer than four distinct words sound. The oldest, ‘channel, strait’ [OE], originally meant ‘swimming’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *sundam, a derivative of the base *sum , *swem ‘swim’ (source of English swim). The sense… …
70surround — [15] Although surround means ‘exist round’ something, it has no etymological connection with round. It comes via Old French suronder from late Latin superundāre ‘overflow’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix super ‘over’ and undāre… …
