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ripple

/ˈɹɪp(ə)l/ verb C2
  1. To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze (transitive)

He/she/it ripples · Past rippled · Past participle rippled · -ing form rippling

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Verb forms

Base form
ripple
He/she/it
ripples
Past
rippled
Past participle
rippled
-ing form
rippling

From the library

So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality—the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds—the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells, and the Queen’s shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy—and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and all the other queer noises, would change (she knew) to the confused clamour of the busy farm-yard—while the lowing of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle’s heavy sobs.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 97 · B2
Now a snake, especially a wary old python like Kaa, very seldom shows that he is angry, but Baloo and Bagheera could see the big swallowing muscles on either side of Kaa’s throat ripple and bulge.
The Jungle Book, p. 44 · B2
Her hair was pure gold rippling back from her alabaster brow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
Lynde’s garden and set the flowers dancing--and then I’ll go with one great swoop over the clover field--and then I’ll blow over the Lake of Shining Waters and ripple it all up into little sparkling waves.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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