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RIPPLES
Proper noun
Ripples
plural of Ripple
Anagrams
• Rippels, slipper
Noun
ripples
plural of ripple
Verb
ripples
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripple
Anagrams
• Rippels, slipper
Source: Wiktionary
RIPPLE
Rip"ple, n. Etym: [FRom Rip, v.]
Definition: An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Rip"ple, v. t.
1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
2. Hence, to scratch or tear. Holland.
Rip"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling.] Etym: [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.
Rip"ple, v. t.
Definition: To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
Rip"ple, n.
1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
2. A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter. Ripple grass. (Bot.) See Ribwort.
– Ripple marks, a system of parallel ridges on sand, produced by wind, by the current of a steam, or by the agitation of wind waves; also (Geol.), a system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone stratum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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