sinuate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sin=u=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

sinuate, a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.].

 Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.  [1913 Webster]

sinuate, v. i. 

 To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.  Woodward.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sinuate, adj. esp. Bot. wavy-edged; with distinct inward and outward bends along the edge.

Etymology

L sinuatus past part. of sinuare bend