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Webster 1913 Edition
Sinuate
Sin′u-ate
,Adj.
[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.
Sin′u-ate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sinuated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sinuating
.] To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.
Woodward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sinuate
SIN'UATE
,Verb.
T.
SIN'UATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
sinuate
sinuate
English
Sinuate gills on a mushroom.
Verb
sinuate (third-person singular simple present sinuates, present participle sinuating, simple past and past participle sinuated)
- To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
- A road that sinuates through the valley.
Translations
to curve or bend
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Adjective
sinuate (comparative more sinuate, superlative most sinuate)
- sinuous
- Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
- (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.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.
Translations
roughly the same height for most of its length
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