SINUATE


Meaning of SINUATE in English

— sinuately , adv.

adj. /sin"yooh it, -ayt'/ , v. /sin"yooh ayt'/ , adj., v., sinuated, sinuating .

adj. Also, sinuated .

1. bent in and out; winding; sinuous.

2. Bot. having the margin strongly or distinctly wavy, as a leaf.

v.i.

3. to curve or wind in and out; creep in a winding path: a snake sinuating along the ground.

[ 1680-90; sinuatus ptp. of sinuare to bend, curve. See SINUS, -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .