Also means
to wave; to ripple
Usage Note
Onduler describes a smooth, wave-like motion — hair, fields of wheat, a flag, a landscape. Ses cheveux ondulent naturellement means 'her hair waves naturally'. The related noun ondulation denotes the wave or ripple itself.
Examples
"Les blés ondulaient sous le vent du soir."
Natural Translation
The wheat was rippling in the evening breeze.
Literal Translation
The wheat was-undulating under the wind of-the evening.
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