sinuate

[sin-yoo-it, -eyt, sin-yoo-eyt]

adjective

1. bent in and out; winding; sinuous.

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

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

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈsɪnjʊɪt /

adjective

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

2. another word for sinuous

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sinuate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sinuate¹

C17: from Latin sinuātus curved; see _sinus , _-ate ¹

Example Sentences

Thallus 3–6´´ wide, mostly simple, the margins sinuate or undulate.

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Leaves.—Oblanceolate or lanceolate; sinuately toothed or irregularly pinnatifid; two to four inches long.

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Gills sinuate, dark brown or blackish-purple; veil often hanging in fragments from edge of pileus.

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Gills adnate or sinuate; spores brownish purple, sometimes intense purple, almost black.—M.

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Flowers in small heads, in the axils or in terminal spikes; leaves sinuately toothed or nearly entire Strawberry Blite, Chenopodium capitatum. 9b.

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