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sinuate

 
Dictionary: sin·u·ate   (sĭn'yū-ĭt, -āt') pronunciation
intr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To bend or curve; wind in and out: a road that sinuates through the Alps.

adj. also sin·u·at·ed ('tĭd)
Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.

[Latin sinuāre, sinuāt-, to bend, from sinus, curve.]

sinuately sin'u·ate·ly adv.
sinuation sin'u·a'tion n.

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verb

    To move sinuously: slither, snake, undulate. See move/halt.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: curved or curving in and out
  Synonyms: sinuous, wiggly

Meaning #2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex


 
 
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