English Explanatory Dictionary

sinuate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
adj
  1. sinuous
  2. Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
  3. Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.

Word forms

sinuate sinuates sinuating sinuated more sinuate most sinuate

Etymology

From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus.

Derived words

bisinuate sinuately sinuolate subsinuate trisinuate
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