sinuate

American  

[sin-yoo-it, -eyt, sin-yoo-eyt] / ˈsɪn yu ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪn yuˌeɪt /

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  

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪnjʊɪt /

adjective

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

2. another word for sinuous

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of sinuate

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

Example Sentences

P. 4-7 cm. campan. then exp. rufous orange umbo darkest, flesh reddish-ochre; g. adnate, sinuate, bright rusty-red; s. 6-9 cm. pale above, dark below, with darker concentric bands; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 Gleason, Henry Allan

Leaves broadly triangular or kidney-shape, sinuate or entire Indian Plantain, Cacalia atriplicifolia. 106a.

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

P. soon irreg. infundib. wavy and sinuate, glabrous, even, pale smoky fuscous; g.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convexo-plane, peach-colour, then pale; g. sinuate, white; s. paler than p.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George