Definition of sinuate Sinuate
sin•u•ate
We found 9 definitions of sinuate from 5 different sources.
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What does sinuate mean?
WordNet
Adjectivesinuate, sinuater, sinuatest |
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| 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" | ||
| sinuate - having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sinuate (Verb)
To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out. - sinuate (Adjective)
sinuous. - sinuate (Adjective)
Having wavy indentation on its border or edge. - sinuate (Adjective)
Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sinuate (v. i.)
To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sinuate
-d, sin′ū-āt, -ed, adj. curved: (bot.) with a waved margin.—v.t. to bend in and out.—ns. Sinuā′tion; Sinuos′ity, quality of being sinuous: a bend or series of bends and turns.—adjs. Sin′uous, Sin′uōse, bending in and out, winding, undulating: morally crooked.—adv. Sin′uously. [L. sinuatus, pa.p. of sinuāre, to bend.]
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