sinuous
1Sinuous — is a fictional character from the third season of the animated children s television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann.In the books, Sinuous is female, but in the TV series, Sinuous is… …
2Sinuous — 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. [1913 Webster] Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.… …
3sinuous — I adjective ambagious, ambagitory, anfractuous, circuitous, coiled, complex, complicated, convolute, convoluted, convolutional, crooked, curved, curvilinear, deviating, deviative, devious, entangled, flexuous, indirect, intricate, involute,… …
4sinuous — full of turns and curves, 1570s, from L. sinuosus full of folds or bendings, from sinus curve, fold, bend …
5sinuous — *winding, flexuous, serpentine, tortuous Analogous words: circuitous, roundabout, *indirect: *crooked, devious …
6sinuous — [adj] winding, twisting anfractuous, circuitous, coiling, convoluted, crooked, curved, curvy, deviative, devious, flexuous, indirect, meandering, meandrous, serpentine, snaky*, supple, tortuous, twisting and turning*, undulating, vagrant; concept …
7sinuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having many curves and turns. 2) lithe and supple. DERIVATIVES sinuosity noun sinuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin sinuosus, from sinus a bend …
8sinuous — [sin′yo͞o əs] adj. [L sinuosus < sinus, a bend] 1. bending, winding, or curving in and out; wavy; serpentine 2. not straightforward; devious; crooked 3. SINUATE (adj. 2) sinuously adv …
9sinuous — [[t]sɪ̱njʊəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is sinuous moves with smooth twists and turns. [LITERARY] ...the silent, sinuous approach of a snake through the long grass... He has a distinctively sinuous way of walking. 2) ADJ GRADED …
10sinuous — sinuously, adv. sinuousness, n. /sin yooh euhs/, adj. 1. having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path. 2. indirect; devious: sinuous questions. 3. characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: a sinuous dance. 4. Bot.… …
