sinuate

An obsolete adjective describing something that is curved, wavy, or winding in shape or course.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das etwas beschreibt, das in seiner Form oder Richtung geschwungen, wellig oder gewunden ist.

1. Curved or wavy C2 formal

   Having a shape that curves in and out; winding or sinuous.

   • The river followed a sinuate path through the valley.
   • Her sinuate movements on the dance floor were mesmerizing.
   • The sinuate design of the fence added an elegant touch to the garden.

   🇩🇪gewunden

   Synonyme: curvymeanderingserpentinesinuoussnakytortuouswavywinding

   Antonyme: straight

2. Wavy margin (botany) C2 formal

   Describing a leaf or other plant part that has a margin with alternating concave and convex curves.

   • The oak leaf has a sinuate margin, unlike the smooth edge of a beech leaf.
   • Botanists identified the plant by its sinuate leaf edges.
   • The sinuate outline of the fern frond is quite distinctive.

   🇩🇪Welliger Rand

   Synonyme: sinuousundulatewavy

• more sinuate comparative form
• most sinuate superlative form