ripple flow
1ripple — [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 …
2ripple — 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 …
3flow — [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,… …
4Ripple marks — Ancient wave ripple marks in sandstone, Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah …
5ripple — 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 …
6ripple — 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… …
7ripple — 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.… …
8ripple — 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 …
9ripple — 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 …
10flow — 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,… …
