sinuate

American  

[sin-yoo-it, -eyt, sin-yoo-eyt] / 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  

/ -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

• unsinuate
  adjective
• unsinuated
  adjective
• sinuately
  adverb
• 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. 2-3 cm. exp. grey then paler; g. adnate, sinuate, white; s. 8-12 cm. equal, brittle, pallid; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Thallus 1–2´ long, decumbent or ascending, fleshy, linear-oblong, simple or slightly lobed, the margin sinuate; diœcious; involucre short, lacerate; calyptra cylindric, smooth; capsule brownish, furrowed; antheridia in 2-lobed receptacles.—Wet banks, N. J. to Ohio, and southward.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 3-5 cm. campan. umb. rather rugose, pale ochre often tinged pink; g. sinuate, adnexed; s. 4-7 cm. equal, glabrous, white; sp. 12-14 � 6. var. vinosus, Corda.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Leaves obovate, sinuate and toothed; lower joint of the fruit obovoid, emarginate; the upper ovate, flattish at the apex.—Coast of the Northern States and of the Great Lakes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 4-6 mm. hemispherical, brown, paler towards striate margin, sprinkled with minute particles; g. adnexed, sinuate; s. 1.5-2 cm. umber, paler upwards, everywhere pulverulent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George