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# ripple

noun (a ripple, ripples); verb (ripple, ripples, rippled, rippling)

«ripple» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small wave on the surface of water, like the rings when you drop a stone in a pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#m1)
2. To move in small waves: "The flag rippled in the wind." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#m2)
3. Something that spreads slowly: "a ripple of laughter". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons ripples show how waves spread out from a point. In everyday life you see ripples on a puddle or pond. "The ripple effect" means one small action causes more and more effects, like kindness spreading. Phrases: ripple effect, a ripple of applause, ripples on the water.

### Examples

- I threw a pebble and watched the ripples spread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x1)
- The wind made ripples on the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x2)
- A ripple of laughter went round the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x3)
- The curtains rippled in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x4)
- Ripples spread out in circles from where the stone landed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x5)
- One kind act can have a ripple effect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x6)
- The sand on the beach had ripples from the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a ripple, ripples. Regular verb: ripple, rippled, rippling. In science, ripples move outward in circles, but the water itself mostly goes up and down, not along.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ripple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ripple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ripple.html) on Mova free.