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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out

   "A road that sinuates through the valley."

Adjective

1. 1
   sinuous
2. 2
   Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
3. 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.

   "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate."

Adjective

1. 1
   having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex wordnet
2. 2
   curved or curving in and out wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

anfractuouscircuitousflexuousinvolutedlabyrinthinemazy

Example

More examples

"A road that sinuates through the valley."

Etymology

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

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