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. convex, broadly umb. fibrillose then squamulose, edge fimbriate, yellowish then tinged red; g. sinuate, edge fimbriate becoming spotted or tinged red; s. 4-6 cm. fibrillose, rosy, apex white and mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Inserted period after "g" on page 168: "g. slightly sinuate."

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 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