1) inflecting; the rise and fall of the voice in speaking (inflection)
2) the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speaking (intonation)
3) a gradual increase in size or sound; the slow rise and fall of the sea's surface after a storm; to become greater in volume, thickness or force (swell)
4) the regular rise and fall in the level of the sea, caused by the attraction of the moon; a change in amount (of public opinion, feeling etc); to help a person to get through or survive (a period of difficulty etc) (tide)
5) (of surfaces) to rise and fall in gentle slopes (undulate)
(of levels, prices etc) to move up and down
vacillate, change
a unit of measurement of length in the metric system; rhythm in poetry formed by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables; meter
beat, accent of sound, music
(an instance, example, of) a regular succession of weak and strong stresses, accents, sounds or movements (in speech, music, movements etc)
beat, accent of sound, music
