rolling.

Rising and falling in a sequence of gentle rounded slopes.

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Words that belong together

• rolling hills
• rolling countryside
• rolling terrain

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Rolling hills surrounded the lake.

The road rose and fell through rolling countryside.

From the ridge, the rolling terrain looked like waves beneath the grass.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. A landscape sense, usually gentler than rugged or jagged; not the physical act of an object rotating. Normally non-gradable as a terrain type; gently rolling describes degree. Lexicalized participial adjective from roll.