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ripple

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripple  \Rip"ple\,  n.  [FRom  {Rip},  v.] 
  An  implement,  with  teeth  like  those  of  a  comb,  for  removing 
  the  seeds  and  seed  vessels  from  flax,  broom  corn,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripple  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  sound  as  of  water  running  gently  over  a  rough 
  bottom,  or  the  breaking  of  ripples  on  the  shore. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripple  \Rip"ple\,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ripple  \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. 
 
  3.  (physics)  a  small  wave  on  the  surface  of  water  or  other 
  liquids  for  which  the  driving  force  is  not  gravity,  but 
  surface  tension. 
 
  4.  (Electrical  engineering)  the  residual  AC  component  in  the 
  DC  current  output  from  a  rectifier,  expressed  as  a 
  percentage  of  the  steady  component  of  the  current. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ripple 
  n  1:  a  small  wave  on  the  surface  of  a  liquid  [syn:  {rippling},  {riffle}, 
  {wavelet}] 
  2:  (electronics)  an  oscillation  of  small  amplitude  imposed  on 
  top  of  a  steady  value 
  v  1:  stir  up  (water)  so  as  to  form  ripples  [syn:  {ruffle},  {riffle}, 
  {cockle},  {undulate}] 
  2:  make  a  babbling,  gurgling  sound,  as  of  water;  "babbling 
  brooks"  [syn:  {babble},  {guggle},  {burble},  {bubble},  {gurgle}]




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