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SINUATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sinuate mean?
• SINUATE (adjective)
The adjective SINUATE has 2 senses:
1. curved or curving in and out
2. having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
Familiarity information: SINUATE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curved or curving in and out
Synonyms:
Context example:
wiggly lines
Similar:
curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex
Similar:
smooth (of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth)
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