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sin⋅u⋅ate

[adj. sin-yoo-it, -eyt, v. sin-yoo-eyt] adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
–adjective Also, sin⋅u⋅at⋅ed.
1. bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
2. Botany. having the margin strongly or distinctly wavy, as a leaf.
–verb (used without object)
3. to curve or wind in and out; creep in a winding path: a snake sinuating along the ground.

Origin:
1680–90; < L sinuātus ptp. of sinuāre to bend, curve. See sinus, -ate 1


sin⋅u⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
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sin·u·ate   (sĭn'yōō-ĭt, -āt')   
intr.v.   sin·u·at·ed, sin·u·at·ing, sin·u·ates
To bend or curve; wind in and out: a road that sinuates through the Alps.
adj.   also sin·u·at·ed (-ā'tĭd)
Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.

[Latin sinuāre, sinuāt-, to bend, from sinus, curve.]
sin'u·ate·ly adv., sin'u·a'tion n.
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