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sinuate

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sin·u·ate  (sny-t, -t)
intr.v. sin·u·at·ed, sin·u·at·ing, sin·u·ates
To bend or curve; wind in and out: a road that sinuates through the Alps.
adj. also sin·u·at·ed (-td)
Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.
[Latin sinure, sinut-, to bend, from sinus, curve.]
sinu·ate·ly adv.
sinu·ation n.
sinuate [ˈsɪnjʊɪt -ˌeɪt], sinuated
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Also sinuous (of leaves) having a strongly waved margin
2. another word for sinuous
[from Latin sinuātus curved; see sinus, -ate1]
sinuately  adv
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Adj.1.sinuate - curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"
sinuous, wiggly
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
2.sinuate - having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
smooth - of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
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