"sinuate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sinuate [comparative], most sinuate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sinuatus}} Latin sinuatus, {{cog|la|sinus}} Latin sinus Head templates: {{en-adj}} sinuate (comparative more sinuate, superlative most sinuate)
  1. sinuous
    Sense id: en-sinuate-en-adj-qdp6c1E4
  2. Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
    Sense id: en-sinuate-en-adj-V~uynCm9
  3. (mycology, of gills) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point. Categories (topical): Mycology Translations (roughly the same height for most of its length): festoneado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sinuate-en-adj-zWRkPMxP Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'roughly the same height for most of its length': 1 1 98

Verb

Forms: sinuates [present, singular, third-person], sinuating [participle, present], sinuated [participle, past], sinuated [past]
Etymology: From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sinuatus}} Latin sinuatus, {{cog|la|sinus}} Latin sinus Head templates: {{en-verb}} sinuate (third-person singular simple present sinuates, present participle sinuating, simple past and past participle sinuated)
  1. To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out Translations (to curve or bend): vlnit se [imperfective] (Czech), klikatit se [imperfective] (Czech), kiemurrella (Finnish), mutkitella (Finnish), sinuer (French)
    Sense id: en-sinuate-en-verb-kzkJl7P3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 24 56 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 21 24 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 12 19 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 10 20 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 6 21 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 23 24 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 23 20 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 16 17 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 15 18 58

Inflected forms

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