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sinuate

[ adjective sin-yoo-it, -eyt, verb sin-yoo-eyt ]

adjective

  1. bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
  2. Botany. having the margin strongly or distinctly wavy, as a leaf.


verb (used without object)

sinuated, sinuating.
  1. to curve or wind in and out; creep in a winding path:

    a snake sinuating along the ground.

sinuate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˈsɪnjʊɪt /

adjective

  1. Alsosinuous (of leaves) having a strongly waved margin
  2. another word for sinuous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ¾±²Ô³Ü²¹³Ù±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ¾±²Ôu·²¹³Ù±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ¾±²Ôu·²¹³Ù±ð adjective
  • un·²õ¾±²Ôu·²¹³Ù±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ¾±²Ôu·²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sinuate1

First recorded in 1680–90; from Latin ²õ¾±²Ô³ÜÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ²õ¾±²Ô³ÜÄå°ù±ð “to bend, curveâ€; sinus, -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sinuate1

C17: from Latin ²õ¾±²Ô³ÜÄå³Ù³Ü²õ curved; see sinus , -ate 1
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Thallus 3–6´´ wide, mostly simple, the margins sinuate or undulate.

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Leaves.—Oblanceolate or lanceolate; sinuately toothed or irregularly pinnatifid; two to four inches long.

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Gills sinuate, dark brown or blackish-purple; veil often hanging in fragments from edge of pileus.

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Gills adnate or sinuate; spores brownish purple, sometimes intense purple, almost black.—M.

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Flowers in small heads, in the axils or in terminal spikes; leaves sinuately toothed or nearly entire Strawberry Blite, Chenopodium capitatum. 9b.

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