Ripple
['rɪp(ə)l] or ['rɪpl]
Definition
(noun.) a small wave on the surface of a liquid.
(noun.) (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value.
(verb.) stir up (water) so as to form ripples.
(verb.) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; 'babbling brooks'.
Typist: Lolita--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
(v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
(v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
(n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
(n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
(n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
(n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
Checked by Laurie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Purl.
n. Rimple, undulation, little wave.
Typist: Mag
Definition
v.t. to pluck the seeds from stalks of flax by drawing them through an iron comb.—n. the comb for rippling.—n. Ripp′ler an apparatus for rippling flax.
n. the light fretting of the surface of water: a little curling wave.—v.t. to cause a ripple in.—v.i. to curl on the surface as running water.—ns. Ripp′le-barr′el a drum used in theatres; Ripp′le-grass the rib-grass; Ripp′le-mark a mark produced on sand at the bottom by the gentle flow of water: (geol.) the mark left on a sea-beach by receding waves and left impressed on the surface of rocks.—adj. Ripp′le-marked.—ns. Ripp′let a small ripple: rippling: an eddy; Ripp′ling an eddy caused by conflicting currents or tides—also adj.—adv. Ripp′lingly.—adj. Ripp′ly rippling.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- Those deep gray eyes rather near together--and the delicate irregular nose with a sort of ripple in it--and all the powdered curls hanging backward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was as though you had thrown a stone and the stone made a ripple and the ripple returned roaring and toppling as a tidal wave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Sometimes, What was that ripple? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In outlining a ripple they have forgotten the tides. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Not the faintest suggestion of a ripple marred its shining surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was no wind to make a ripple on the foul water within the harbour, or on the beautiful sea without. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Earthly joys and hopes and sorrows Break like ripples on the strand Of the deep and solemn river Where her willing feet now stand. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If we throw a pebble into a quiet pool (Fig. 90), waves or ripples form and spread out in all directions, gradually dying out as they become more and more distant from the pebble. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One after another, the voices of business or pleasure died away; all on the boat were sleeping, and the ripples at the prow were plainly heard. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If a pebble is thrown into a quiet pool, it creates ripples or waves which spread outward in all directions, but which soon die out, leaving the pool again placid and undisturbed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If the water in a pond is absolutely still, we get a clear, true image of the trees, but if there are ripples on the surface, the reflection is blurred and distorted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The tiny ripples of the lake were warm and clear, they lifted their boat on to the bank, and looked round with joy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The poor bleeding heart was still, at last, and the river rippled and dimpled just as brightly as if it had not closed above it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Smiles rippled continuously over his fat face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As it was given, the significant smile again rippled across Moore's quiet face. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let the heart swell into what discord it will, thus plays the rippling water on the prow of the ferry-boat ever the same tune. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She moved her head under his hand and smiled up at him and he felt the thick but silky roughness of the cropped head rippling between his fingers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It comes of flowing on so quiet, and of that there rippling at the boat's head making a sort of a Sunday tune. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mary had recovered, and she spoke with a suppressed rippling under-current of laughter pleasant to hear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The rippling of the river seemed to cause a correspondent stir in his uneasy reflections. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling, in the sun-light. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Checker: Olga