ripple

ripple
[[t]rɪ̱p(ə)l[/t]]
ripples, rippling, rippled
1) N-COUNT Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water.
2) V-ERG When the surface of an area of water ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it.

You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples...

[V n] I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water.

[V-ing] ...the rippling deep blue water of the lake.

3) V-ERG When the wind ripples plants or trees or when they ripple, they move in a wave-like motion. [LITERARY]

[V n] A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley...

The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze.

4) VERB If something such as a feeling ripples over someone's body, it moves across it or through it. [LITERARY]

[V prep] A chill shiver rippled over his skin.

5) N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp If an event causes ripples, its effects gradually spread, causing several other events to happen one after the other.

The ripples of Europe's currency crisis continue to be felt in most of the ERM's member states...

The problems of the auto industry have created economic ripples through the rest of the economy as well.


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