sinuate

English

Sinuate gills on a mushroom.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus.

Verb

sinuate (third-person singular simple present sinuat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle sinuated)

1. 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

• Finnish: kiemurrella (fi), mutkitella (fi)
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• French: sinuer (fr)

Adjective

sinuate (comparative more sinuate, superlative most sinuate)

1. sinuous
2. Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
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.

   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

• Spanish: festoneado (es)
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Anagrams

• Uniates, aunties, suanite

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sinuāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sinuō