sinuateadj.

/ˈsɪnjuːət/

Etymology: < Latin sinuātus, past participle of sinuāre , < sinus sinus n.; compare French sinué.

1. Botany. Of leaves: Having a margin made wavy or uneven by alternate rounded and somewhat large sinuses and lobes; sinuous. Also similarly in Entomology of wing-cases, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > margin or periphery > having a wavy margin

sinuate1688

sinuated1727

crisp1753

repanded1753

repand1760

crisped1802

wavy1832

crispate1846

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 117/2 Sinuate leaves, such as are crooked, bent or crumpled about the edges.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 175 Sinuate, hollowed; when they have broad and spreading Openings in the Sides.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 132 The Wild Clary has the leaves serrate or sinuate, and smoothish.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxi. 258 The margins of these cases are sinuate.

1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 290 The leaves are large, ovate, smooth, unequally sinuate.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 212 A rudimentary branching, as in indented, toothed, and sinuate leaves.

2. Ornithology. (See quot. 1872.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of part or process of

cerigerous1856

cereless1862

tomial1866

cerous1869

paragnathous1872

sinuate1872

ceral1874

interramal1874

palaeognathous1933

prokinetic1960

rhynchokinetic1960

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 30 The gape is..curved, sinuate, when they [sc. rictus and tomia] lie in the same curved or waved line.

Compounds

sinuate-angular, sinuate-dentate, sinuate-lobate, sinuate-pinnatifid, sinuate-runcinate, sinuate-serrate, sinuate-undulate; sinuate-leaved, sinuate-lobed, sinuate-toothed.

ΚΠ

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S Sinuato-angulosum, a sinuate-angular leaf.

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S Sinuato-dentatum, a sinuate-toothed leaf.

1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 152 Sinuate-leaved Mad Wort.

1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 11 Leaves cordate at base,..lower sinuate-runcinate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 335 Leaves..of branches..sinuate-lobed.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 335 Leaves..of branches..sinuate-serrate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

sinuatev.

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin sinuāre: compare sinuate adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsinuate.

rare.

intransitive. To creep or crawl in a winding course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > move along with hands and feet or with body prone [verb (intransitive)] > creep or crawl

creepc888

rampa1393

crawla1400

trainc1475

ycraul1594

sinuate1848

belly1903

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 104 When you are sinuating like a serpent towards the especial stag of your heart.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sinuate
释义	sinuateadj. /ˈsɪnjuːət/ Etymology: < Latin sinuātus, past participle of sinuāre , < sinus sinus n.; compare French sinué. 1. Botany. Of leaves: Having a margin made wavy or uneven by alternate rounded and somewhat large sinuses and lobes; sinuous. Also similarly in Entomology of wing-cases, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > margin or periphery > having a wavy margin sinuate1688 sinuated1727 crisp1753 repanded1753 repand1760 crisped1802 wavy1832 crispate1846 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 117/2 Sinuate leaves, such as are crooked, bent or crumpled about the edges. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 175 Sinuate, hollowed; when they have broad and spreading Openings in the Sides. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 132 The Wild Clary has the leaves serrate or sinuate, and smoothish. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxi. 258 The margins of these cases are sinuate. 1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 290 The leaves are large, ovate, smooth, unequally sinuate. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 212 A rudimentary branching, as in indented, toothed, and sinuate leaves. 2. Ornithology. (See quot. 1872.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > of part or process of cerigerous1856 cereless1862 tomial1866 cerous1869 paragnathous1872 sinuate1872 ceral1874 interramal1874 palaeognathous1933 prokinetic1960 rhynchokinetic1960 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 30 The gape is..curved, sinuate, when they [sc. rictus and tomia] lie in the same curved or waved line. Compounds sinuate-angular, sinuate-dentate, sinuate-lobate, sinuate-pinnatifid, sinuate-runcinate, sinuate-serrate, sinuate-undulate; sinuate-leaved, sinuate-lobed, sinuate-toothed. ΚΠ 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S Sinuato-angulosum, a sinuate-angular leaf. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. S Sinuato-dentatum, a sinuate-toothed leaf. 1822 S. Clarke Hortus Anglicus II. 152 Sinuate-leaved Mad Wort. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 11 Leaves cordate at base,..lower sinuate-runcinate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 335 Leaves..of branches..sinuate-lobed. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 335 Leaves..of branches..sinuate-serrate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sinuatev. Etymology: < participial stem of Latin sinuāre: compare sinuate adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsinuate. rare. intransitive. To creep or crawl in a winding course. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > move along with hands and feet or with body prone [verb (intransitive)] > creep or crawl creepc888 rampa1393 crawla1400 trainc1475 ycraul1594 sinuate1848 belly1903 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 64 104 When you are sinuating like a serpent towards the especial stag of your heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1688v.1848
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