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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. curved or curving in and out;
- Example: "wiggly lines"
[syn: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly]

2. having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sinuate adj 1: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly] 2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex