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Definition of: sinuate
(sin′y
·it, -āt) adjective
1. Winding in and out, as a margin; tortuous; sinuous; wavy.
2. Bot. Having a sinus, or sinuses: a sinuate leaf. Also sin′u·at′ed.
—v.i. (sin′y·āt) ·at·ed, ·at·ing To curve in and out; turn; wind. [<L sinuatus, pp. of sinuare turn, wind <sinus curve]
—sin′u·ate·ly adverb
—sin′u·a′tion noun
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