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• ripple — [n] wave; wrinkle billow, breaker, crest, curl, fold, furrow, line, rippling, rush, surge, swell, tide, undulation, whitecap; concepts 147,436,514 ripple [v] wave coil, curl, flow, fluctuate, flutter, motion, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quiver …   New thesaurus

• ripple — ripple1 [rip′əl] vi. rippled, rippling [prob. < RIP1 + LE, sense 3] 1. a) to form or have little waves or undulating movements on the surface, as water or grass stirred by a breeze b) to flow with such wa …   English World dictionary

• flow — [n] issue, abundance breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, leakage, movement, oozing, outflow, outpouring,… …   New thesaurus

• Ripple marks — Ancient wave ripple marks in sandstone, Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah …   Wikipedia

• ripple — I. verb (rippled; rippling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of 1rip Date: circa 1671 intransitive verb 1. a. to become lightly ruffled or covered with small waves b. to flow in small waves c. to fall in soft undulating folds …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ripple — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a ruffling of the water s surface, a small wave or series of waves. 2 a gentle lively sound that rises and falls, e.g. of laughter or applause. 3 a wavy appearance in hair, material, etc. 4 Electr. a slight variation in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• ripple — ripple1 rippleless, adj. ripplingly, adv. /rip euhl/, v., rippled, rippling, n. v.i. 1. (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze. 2. to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface. 3.… …   Universalium

• ripple — rip•ple [[t]ˈrɪp əl[/t]] v. pled, pling, n. 1) (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze 2) to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface 3) to have, form, or fall in small undulations …   From formal English to slang

• ripple — I. /ˈrɪpəl / (say ripuhl) verb (rippled, rippling) –verb (i) 1. to form small waves or undulations on the surface, as water when agitated by a gentle breeze or by running over a rocky bottom. 2. to flow with a light ruffling of the surface. 3. to …  

• flow — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Brownian movement, abound, abundance, accrue from, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air flow, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appropriateness, arise, arise from, ascend,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ripple mark —    An undulating surface of alternating, subparallel, small scale ridges and depressions, commonly composed of loose sand. It is produced on land by wind and under water by the agitation of water by currents or wave action, and generally tends at …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms