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sinuous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinuous  \Sin"u*ous\,  a.  [L.  sinuosus,  fr  sinus  a  bent  surface, 
  a  curve:  cf  F.  sinueux  See  {Sinus}.] 
  Bending  in  and  out  of  a  serpentine  or  undulating  form 
  winding;  crooked.  --  {Sin"u*ous*ly},  adv 
 
  Streaking  the  ground  with  sinuous  trace.  --Milton. 
 
  Gardens  bright  with  sinuous  rills.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinuous 
  adj  :  curved  or  curving  in  and  out  "wiggly  lines"  [syn:  {sinuate}, 
  {wiggly}] 




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