sinuate

Meanings

Verb

• To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out

Adjective

• sinuous
• Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
• Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.

Origin

• From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare, from sinus. See also sine, from Latin sinus.