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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rippled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rippling}.] [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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rippled
adj 1: having wrinkles or waves [syn: {crinkled}, {crinkly}, {wavy},
{wavelike}]
2: shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled
surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" [syn: {ruffled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "rippled":
cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, crimpy,
crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, furrowed, knitted, knotted, puckered,
puckery, pursed, pursy, ridged, rimpled, rucked, rugged, rugose,
rugous, rumpled, wrinkled, wrinkly
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