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Thesaurus: fluctuate

To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.

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  1. v. i. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.
  2. v. i. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.
  3. v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.
  4. v. cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
  5. v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  6. v. be unstable
  7. v:100 v. cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern v. be unstable