RIPPLE
\ɹˈɪpə͡l], \ɹˈɪpəl], \ɹ_ˈɪ_p_əl]\
Definitions of RIPPLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
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To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
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Hence, to scratch or tear.
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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.
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To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
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The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
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A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
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a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
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the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
By Oddity Software
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An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
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To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
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Hence, to scratch or tear.
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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.
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To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
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The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
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A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
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a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
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the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
By Noah Webster.
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A wavelet on the surface of water; any slight; curling wave; as, the ripples of her hair; the sound made by wavelets of water, or a sound like it; as, a ripple of laughter.
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To make small curling waves upon or in; as, the wind ripples the water.
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To become slightly waved on the surface; to sound like water running over a rough surface.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The little waves on the surface of running water: a little wave.
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To cause a ripple in.
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To curl on the surface, as running water.
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To pluck the seeds from stalks of flax by drawing them through an iron comb.
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The comb for rippling.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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