Definition of sinuous in English:

sinuous

adjective ˈsɪnjʊəsˈsɪnjuəs

1Having many curves and turns.
the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale
Example sentencesExamples
- On the same program soloist Robert Johnson's Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish reached out in sinuous, endless curves that spoke of a different kind of quest.
- Smoke rose from the piece's mouth, trailing upward in a sinuous line before disappearing into thin air.
- Shutters are thin timber slats set between curved metal guiding rails; sinuous, gentle, they roll back into themselves like roll-top desks.
- The battlefield diminished behind us as we snaked down a sinuous road.
- Some designs have a sinuous, undulating quality that is identifiably French.
- They offered me a morsel of their rococo scorpion roll, which snaked across a plate in sinuous curves.
- Ribbons can be more or less straight, sinuous, twisted, or convoluted.
- Lizards scurry in the leaf litter at my feet, monkeys feed noisily in the branches above nay head, a vine snake makes its sinuous way toward an unsuspecting small bird.
- Flying in, I had been mesmerized by sinuous curves of sloughs and streams which wove together, then apart, meandering toward the gulf.
- Covered with mysteriously indented curves and sinuous ridges, the sculpture invites comment and touch.
- Beautiful terraced gardens sloped down towards the wide Conwy estuary, with the sea-going river a sinuous curve of silver between gleaming mud banks.
- The sinuous lines and whiplash curves that are widely recognized as the hallmarks of the style were not universally adopted.
- The pale blue concrete countertop traces a sinuous curve around one corner to create a breakfast area near the family room.
- Monochrome blocks, representing single species planting, undulate in sinuous curves of primary colour reminiscent of Miro or Arp.
- The fence pictured above coils into a sinuous spiral.
- The landscape here was more undulating, the lanes more sinuous and the wine-tastings deeply intoxicating.
- On the left side, a sinuous twig curves from the stem base around the back of the bowl.
Synonyms
winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, snaky, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating
tortuous
technical sinuate, ogee
rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform
1. 1.1 Lithe and supple.
  the sinuous grace of a cat
  Example sentencesExamples
  The building's exterior is nothing but curves and lines, sinuous and simple, like the body of a ballet dancer.
  The lights focus in on the stage to highlight the sinuous muscles of the three men rising and turning in an avant-garde mix of movement over break beat.
  he had a graceful white body with delicate cloven feet and a long sinuous tail.
  Her sinuous grace makes even the most complicated manoeuvre look not just effortless but perfectly natural.
  Kerry moves and stands with a sinuous grace.
  He approached the girl, his movement so sinuous, so lithe; Cora wondered that no one else stared.
  The catwalk was illuminated beautifully to highlight the embroidery and sequin work on the garments displayed by the sinuous models.
  It's not just that he's 5ft 2in tall, it's also that his sinuous, muscly frame makes him look as if he is verging on petite; more like a racing jockey than a racing driver.
  The two earlier ones are stocky and powerful while the later ones, slender and long-limbed, dance with supple, sinuous grace.
  Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh.
  Synonyms
  lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissom, willowy
  informal slinky
  literary lithesome

Derivatives

sinuously

adverbˈsɪnjʊəsliˈsɪnjuəsli

At one side, a concrete wall curves sinuously away, like the torso of a sleeping woman.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of the girls moved sinuously and gracefully, others, clearly bored, kicked their clothes in the air and caught them nonchalantly as they snapped gum.
- Potted miniature palms and gilded accents adorned the sinuously curving handrails, just beckoning for a slide down.
- Rather than cut into the hills, roads curved around them, sometimes twisting so sinuously, in so confusing a manner, only a native could find the way out.
- The body of a whale is relatively stiff, and so the animal cannot curve sinuously into a turn the way a swimming seal can.

sinuousness

noun

Nearly overnight, the Middle East became synonymous with visions of the gauze-draped, kohl-eyed, veiled sinuousness of the ‘belly’ dance.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this manner the figure loses its proportions and acquires a sinuousness and flexibility suited to the space in which it finds refuge after the various mirrorings.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus 'a bend'.

insinuate from early 16th century:
This word was first used in legal contexts in the sense ‘enter (a document) on the official register’. Latin insinuare ‘introduce tortuously’ is the source, from in- ‘in’ and sinuare ‘to curve’, from sinus ‘a bend’ found in the sine of mathematics, sinuous, and the sinus (all late 16th century). Nearly all the English senses were already in Latin.

Rhymes

continuous

Definition of sinuous in US English:

sinuous

adjectiveˈsɪnjuəsˈsinyo͞oəs

1Having many curves and turns.
the river follows a sinuous trail through the forest
Example sentencesExamples
- The landscape here was more undulating, the lanes more sinuous and the wine-tastings deeply intoxicating.
- Smoke rose from the piece's mouth, trailing upward in a sinuous line before disappearing into thin air.
- The sinuous lines and whiplash curves that are widely recognized as the hallmarks of the style were not universally adopted.
- Ribbons can be more or less straight, sinuous, twisted, or convoluted.
- Beautiful terraced gardens sloped down towards the wide Conwy estuary, with the sea-going river a sinuous curve of silver between gleaming mud banks.
- The battlefield diminished behind us as we snaked down a sinuous road.
- Monochrome blocks, representing single species planting, undulate in sinuous curves of primary colour reminiscent of Miro or Arp.
- Shutters are thin timber slats set between curved metal guiding rails; sinuous, gentle, they roll back into themselves like roll-top desks.
- The pale blue concrete countertop traces a sinuous curve around one corner to create a breakfast area near the family room.
- Some designs have a sinuous, undulating quality that is identifiably French.
- Covered with mysteriously indented curves and sinuous ridges, the sculpture invites comment and touch.
- Flying in, I had been mesmerized by sinuous curves of sloughs and streams which wove together, then apart, meandering toward the gulf.
- They offered me a morsel of their rococo scorpion roll, which snaked across a plate in sinuous curves.
- The fence pictured above coils into a sinuous spiral.
- On the left side, a sinuous twig curves from the stem base around the back of the bowl.
- Lizards scurry in the leaf litter at my feet, monkeys feed noisily in the branches above nay head, a vine snake makes its sinuous way toward an unsuspecting small bird.
- On the same program soloist Robert Johnson's Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish reached out in sinuous, endless curves that spoke of a different kind of quest.
Synonyms
winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, snaky, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating
1. 1.1 Lithe and supple.
  the sinuous grace of a cat
  Example sentencesExamples
  The building's exterior is nothing but curves and lines, sinuous and simple, like the body of a ballet dancer.
  It's not just that he's 5ft 2in tall, it's also that his sinuous, muscly frame makes him look as if he is verging on petite; more like a racing jockey than a racing driver.
  He approached the girl, his movement so sinuous, so lithe; Cora wondered that no one else stared.
  Kerry moves and stands with a sinuous grace.
  he had a graceful white body with delicate cloven feet and a long sinuous tail.
  Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh.
  The catwalk was illuminated beautifully to highlight the embroidery and sequin work on the garments displayed by the sinuous models.
  Her sinuous grace makes even the most complicated manoeuvre look not just effortless but perfectly natural.
  The two earlier ones are stocky and powerful while the later ones, slender and long-limbed, dance with supple, sinuous grace.
  The lights focus in on the stage to highlight the sinuous muscles of the three men rising and turning in an avant-garde mix of movement over break beat.
  Synonyms
  lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissom, willowy

Origin

Late 16th century: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus ‘a bend’.

单词	sinuous
释义	Definition of sinuous in English: sinuous adjective ˈsɪnjʊəsˈsɪnjuəs 1Having many curves and turns. the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale Example sentencesExamples On the same program soloist Robert Johnson's Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish reached out in sinuous, endless curves that spoke of a different kind of quest. Smoke rose from the piece's mouth, trailing upward in a sinuous line before disappearing into thin air. Shutters are thin timber slats set between curved metal guiding rails; sinuous, gentle, they roll back into themselves like roll-top desks. The battlefield diminished behind us as we snaked down a sinuous road. Some designs have a sinuous, undulating quality that is identifiably French. They offered me a morsel of their rococo scorpion roll, which snaked across a plate in sinuous curves. Ribbons can be more or less straight, sinuous, twisted, or convoluted. Lizards scurry in the leaf litter at my feet, monkeys feed noisily in the branches above nay head, a vine snake makes its sinuous way toward an unsuspecting small bird. Flying in, I had been mesmerized by sinuous curves of sloughs and streams which wove together, then apart, meandering toward the gulf. Covered with mysteriously indented curves and sinuous ridges, the sculpture invites comment and touch. Beautiful terraced gardens sloped down towards the wide Conwy estuary, with the sea-going river a sinuous curve of silver between gleaming mud banks. The sinuous lines and whiplash curves that are widely recognized as the hallmarks of the style were not universally adopted. The pale blue concrete countertop traces a sinuous curve around one corner to create a breakfast area near the family room. Monochrome blocks, representing single species planting, undulate in sinuous curves of primary colour reminiscent of Miro or Arp. The fence pictured above coils into a sinuous spiral. The landscape here was more undulating, the lanes more sinuous and the wine-tastings deeply intoxicating. On the left side, a sinuous twig curves from the stem base around the back of the bowl. Synonyms winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, snaky, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating tortuous technical sinuate, ogee rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform 1.1 Lithe and supple. the sinuous grace of a cat Example sentencesExamples The building's exterior is nothing but curves and lines, sinuous and simple, like the body of a ballet dancer. The lights focus in on the stage to highlight the sinuous muscles of the three men rising and turning in an avant-garde mix of movement over break beat. he had a graceful white body with delicate cloven feet and a long sinuous tail. Her sinuous grace makes even the most complicated manoeuvre look not just effortless but perfectly natural. Kerry moves and stands with a sinuous grace. He approached the girl, his movement so sinuous, so lithe; Cora wondered that no one else stared. The catwalk was illuminated beautifully to highlight the embroidery and sequin work on the garments displayed by the sinuous models. It's not just that he's 5ft 2in tall, it's also that his sinuous, muscly frame makes him look as if he is verging on petite; more like a racing jockey than a racing driver. The two earlier ones are stocky and powerful while the later ones, slender and long-limbed, dance with supple, sinuous grace. Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh. Synonyms lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissom, willowy informal slinky literary lithesome Derivatives sinuously adverbˈsɪnjʊəsliˈsɪnjuəsli At one side, a concrete wall curves sinuously away, like the torso of a sleeping woman. Example sentencesExamples Some of the girls moved sinuously and gracefully, others, clearly bored, kicked their clothes in the air and caught them nonchalantly as they snapped gum. Potted miniature palms and gilded accents adorned the sinuously curving handrails, just beckoning for a slide down. Rather than cut into the hills, roads curved around them, sometimes twisting so sinuously, in so confusing a manner, only a native could find the way out. The body of a whale is relatively stiff, and so the animal cannot curve sinuously into a turn the way a swimming seal can. sinuousness noun Nearly overnight, the Middle East became synonymous with visions of the gauze-draped, kohl-eyed, veiled sinuousness of the ‘belly’ dance. Example sentencesExamples In this manner the figure loses its proportions and acquires a sinuousness and flexibility suited to the space in which it finds refuge after the various mirrorings. Origin Late 16th century: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus 'a bend'. insinuate from early 16th century: This word was first used in legal contexts in the sense ‘enter (a document) on the official register’. Latin insinuare ‘introduce tortuously’ is the source, from in- ‘in’ and sinuare ‘to curve’, from sinus ‘a bend’ found in the sine of mathematics, sinuous, and the sinus (all late 16th century). Nearly all the English senses were already in Latin. Rhymes continuous Definition of sinuous in US English: sinuous adjectiveˈsɪnjuəsˈsinyo͞oəs 1Having many curves and turns. the river follows a sinuous trail through the forest Example sentencesExamples The landscape here was more undulating, the lanes more sinuous and the wine-tastings deeply intoxicating. Smoke rose from the piece's mouth, trailing upward in a sinuous line before disappearing into thin air. The sinuous lines and whiplash curves that are widely recognized as the hallmarks of the style were not universally adopted. Ribbons can be more or less straight, sinuous, twisted, or convoluted. Beautiful terraced gardens sloped down towards the wide Conwy estuary, with the sea-going river a sinuous curve of silver between gleaming mud banks. The battlefield diminished behind us as we snaked down a sinuous road. Monochrome blocks, representing single species planting, undulate in sinuous curves of primary colour reminiscent of Miro or Arp. Shutters are thin timber slats set between curved metal guiding rails; sinuous, gentle, they roll back into themselves like roll-top desks. The pale blue concrete countertop traces a sinuous curve around one corner to create a breakfast area near the family room. Some designs have a sinuous, undulating quality that is identifiably French. Covered with mysteriously indented curves and sinuous ridges, the sculpture invites comment and touch. Flying in, I had been mesmerized by sinuous curves of sloughs and streams which wove together, then apart, meandering toward the gulf. They offered me a morsel of their rococo scorpion roll, which snaked across a plate in sinuous curves. The fence pictured above coils into a sinuous spiral. On the left side, a sinuous twig curves from the stem base around the back of the bowl. Lizards scurry in the leaf litter at my feet, monkeys feed noisily in the branches above nay head, a vine snake makes its sinuous way toward an unsuspecting small bird. On the same program soloist Robert Johnson's Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish reached out in sinuous, endless curves that spoke of a different kind of quest. Synonyms winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, snaky, zigzag, zigzagging, turning, bending, curling, coiling, undulating 1.1 Lithe and supple. the sinuous grace of a cat Example sentencesExamples The building's exterior is nothing but curves and lines, sinuous and simple, like the body of a ballet dancer. It's not just that he's 5ft 2in tall, it's also that his sinuous, muscly frame makes him look as if he is verging on petite; more like a racing jockey than a racing driver. He approached the girl, his movement so sinuous, so lithe; Cora wondered that no one else stared. Kerry moves and stands with a sinuous grace. he had a graceful white body with delicate cloven feet and a long sinuous tail. Its design studio has to style cars with the sinuous, feline grace that defines the brand, while making sure new offerings look fresh. The catwalk was illuminated beautifully to highlight the embroidery and sequin work on the garments displayed by the sinuous models. Her sinuous grace makes even the most complicated manoeuvre look not just effortless but perfectly natural. The two earlier ones are stocky and powerful while the later ones, slender and long-limbed, dance with supple, sinuous grace. The lights focus in on the stage to highlight the sinuous muscles of the three men rising and turning in an avant-garde mix of movement over break beat. Synonyms lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissom, willowy Origin Late 16th century: from French sinueux or Latin sinuosus, from sinus ‘a bend’.
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