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”; sinus, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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

P. 3-7 cm. camp. striate up to umbo, hygr. dingy brown then paler; g. broadly sinuate with decurrent tooth, tinged flesh colour; s. 7-12 cm. long, purplish brown, base rooting; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convex-umb. wood-yellow, with broad scattered adpressed scales; g. sinuate, yellow then umber; s. cylindrical, thick, squarrosely scaly, yellowish; sp. 8-11 � 4-6. heteroclita, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George