Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rippling.]
[Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when
agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered
with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "rippled":
cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, crimpy,
crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, furrowed, knitted, knotted, puckered,
puckery, pursed, pursy, ridged, rimpled, rucked, rugged, rugose,
rugous, rumpled, wrinkled, wrinkly
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rippling.]
[Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when
agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered
with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |