Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RIPPLING
ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
(noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rippling
present participle of ripple
Adjective
rippling (not comparable)
Moving in a chaotic, undulating fashion, as in a flow of water or a flag blowing in the wind.
Noun
rippling (plural ripplings)
A motion or sound that ripples.
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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