sinuate

Adjective Satellite

curved or curving in and out
having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex

Verb

Verb Forms: sinuated, sinuating, sinuates

To curve or wind in and out; to undulate.
To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out

Adj

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.

Examples

A road that sinuates through the valley.
In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.
The words on the Words With Friends board seemed to sinuate around the bonus squares.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus.

Synonyms

sinuous, wiggly

Scrabble Score: 7

sinuate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sinuate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sinuate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

sinuate: valid Words With Friends Word