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SINUATE
sinuate
(adjective) having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
sinuate, sinuous, wiggly
(adjective) curved or curving in and out; “wiggly lines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sinuate (third-person singular simple present sinuates, present participle sinuating, simple past and past participle sinuated)
To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
Adjective
sinuate (comparative more sinuate, superlative most sinuate)
sinuous
Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
(mycology, of gills) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.
Anagrams
• Uniates, aunties, suanite
Source: Wiktionary
Sin"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.]
Definition: Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
Sin"u*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinuating.]
Definition: To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous. Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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