sinuate (redirected from sinuately)

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.

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[Latin sinure, sinut-, to bend, from sinus, curve.]

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sinu·ate·ly adv.

sinu·ation n.

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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

Thesaurus

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