Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ripple"
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) 1.7 (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: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, as of
water; "babbling brooks" [syn: {babble}, {guggle}, {burble},
{bubble}, {gurgle}]
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