OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30417

ripple

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ondulación
A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 30418

ripple

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ondular
To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
Investments in research, deployment and scaling existing technologies are the initial ripples that will have to build to a groundswell of further action.
Phrases