sinuate

American  

[sin-yoo-it, -ayt, sin-yoo-ayt] / ˈsɪn ju ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪn juˌeɪt /

adjective

1. bent in and out; winding; sinuous.

2. Botany. having the margin strongly or distinctly wavy, as a leaf.

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verb (used without object)

sinuated, sinuating

1. to curve or wind in and out; creep in a winding path.

   a snake sinuating along the ground.

sinuate British  

/ ˈsɪnjʊɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. Also: sinuous. (of leaves) having a strongly waved margin

2. another word for sinuous

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Other Word Forms

• unsinuate
  adjective
• unsinuated
  adjective
• sinuately
  adverb
• unsinuately
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of sinuate

First recorded in 1680–90; from Latin sinuātus, past participle of sinuāre “to bend, curve”; see sinus, -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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sinuate sinuated

Leaves crenate, dentate, or sinuate, not lobed — 12. 11a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

P. 8-12 cm. exp. obtuse, dry, rufous umber, innately squamulose, margin involute and downy at first; g. sinuate, crowded; s. 8-12 cm. solid, paler than p. apex white-pulverulent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

The gills are adnexed, crowded, narrow, white, then grayish, somewhat sinuate with a slight decurrent tooth.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

Frequently the lower edge is notched at, or near, the stem and in this case they are said to be emarginate or sinuate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

Leaves, especially on young trees, often less deeply pinnatifid, sometimes barely sinuate.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar

Shell nodulous; inner lip smooth, whitish; outer lip inflected, above sinuated, within striated, blackish purple; basal lobe not toothed.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

The leaves are short and small, dark-green, with white veins, much sinuated, deeply indented, and form a regular radius round the flower.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

Fold upon fold—utterly, unspeakably arid—the flank of the main dune sinuated away towards the north-west.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully

Outer lip prominent, sinuated above, smooth within; inner lip polished, white.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson

Head greenish yellow, deeply punctured, a black band, sinuated in front between the eyes, on the back part of the head.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by John Lort Stokes

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