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
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]
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]