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

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sinuate sinuated

P. 4-7 cm. thin, plane then depr. margin sinuate or lobed, hygr. hyaline, whitish; g. adnate, closely crowded, white; s. 2-3 cm. firm, compr. downy; sp. ——. lignatilis, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The distinguishing features are the fleshy stem, continuous with the flesh of the pileus, and the sinuate or notched gills.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, oval to obovate, acute, obtuse, or even cordate at base, regularly but usually not deeply sinuate, rather rigid, usually very tomentose beneath.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

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. 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

Outer lip prominent, sinuated above, smooth within; inner lip polished, white.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Head greenish yellow, deeply punctured, a black band, sinuated in front between the eyes, on the back part of the head.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

Fold upon fold—utterly, unspeakably arid—the flank of the main dune sinuated away towards the north-west.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

In the first, fourth, and eighth class the leaf differs from the rest; the fourth is more sinuated; the eighth has a large broad leaf not at all sinuated.

From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William

The leaves are short and small, dark-green, with white veins, much sinuated, deeply indented, and form a regular radius round the flower.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing