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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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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