different between sinuous vs undulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sinu?sus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.ju.?s/
• Hyphenation: sin?u?ous

Adjective

sinuous (comparative more sinuous, superlative most sinuous)

1. Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
2. Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.
3. (figuratively) Morally crooked; shifty.

Synonyms

• (having curves): anfractuous, flexuous, serpentine, winding, windy
• (moving gracefully): fluid

Antonyms

• (having curves): straight, linear
• (moving gracefully): abrupt, broken

Derived terms

• sinuosity
• sinuously
• sinuousness

Related terms

• sine
• insinuate

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin undul?tus (“undulated”), from an unattested *undula (“small wave”), diminutive of Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ndj?le?t/, /??ndj?le?t/, /??nd??le?t/, /??nd??le?t/, /??nd?le?t/
• (adjective, non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /??ndj?l?t/, /??ndj?l?t/, /??nd??l?t/, /??nd??l?t/, /??nd?l?t/
• (adjective, merged vowel) IPA^(key): /??ndj?l?t/, /??nd??l?t/, /??nd?l?t/

Verb

undulate (third-person singular simple present undulates, present participle undulating, simple past and past participle undulated)

1. (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated and undulated.

2. (transitive) To cause to resemble a wave
3. (intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.
4. (intransitive) To appear wavelike.

Translations

See also

• oscillate

Adjective

undulate (comparative more undulate, superlative most undulate)

1. Wavy in appearance or form.
2. Changing the pitch and volume of one's voice.
3. (botany, of a margin) sinuous, winding up and down.

Translations

Latin

Adjective

undul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of undul?tus