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sinuous

[ sin-yoo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. having many curves, bends, or turns; winding:

    a sinuous path.

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  2. indirect; devious:

    sinuous questions.

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  3. characterized by a series of graceful curving motions:

    a sinuous dance.

  4. Botany. sinuate, as a leaf.


sinuous

/ ˈɪʊə /

adjective

  1. full of turns or curves; intricate
  2. devious; not straightforward
  3. supple; lithe
“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

  • ˈԳܴdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈԳܴdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • u·dzܲ· adverb
  • u·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·u·dzܲ adjective
  • ܲ·u·dzܲ adjective
  • un·u·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·u·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sinuous1

From the Latin word Գōܲ, dating back to 1570–80. See sinus, -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sinuous1

C16: from Latin Գōܲ winding, from sinus a curve
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That is close to what scientists have spotted on Venus: two vast, sinuous lava flows oozing from two different corners of Earth’s planetary neighbor.

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It’s those that helped to shape the peninsula, squeezing the land into sinuous bends and folds and tilts.

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The worm, named Pectinereis strickrotti, has an elongated body that is flanked by a row of feathery, gill-tipped appendages called parapodia on either side, and Rouse said its sinuous swimming reminded him of a snake.

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The cellos were broad and sinuous, and the violins sighed and shone in big, roomy gestures.

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All in all, more than 90 percent of the water that gets moved around Earth's midlatitudes—its midsection, where most of the world's population lives—gets transported via these sinuous sky streams.

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