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# sinuous

«sinuous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Curving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sinuous, more sinuous, most sinuous)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Curving and winding, with many bends, like a snake or a river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#m1)

2) Moving in a smooth, twisting, graceful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in descriptive writing and geography (a sinuous river, a sinuous road). Science: snakes and eels move in sinuous waves. In The Wind in the Willows the river is described as a sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, which enchants Mole.

### examples

- The river was sinuous and full of bends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x1)
- The snake moved in a sinuous way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x2)
- A sinuous path wound up the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x3)
- Mole had never seen such a sleek, sinuous river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x4)
- The dancer's arms made sinuous shapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x5)
- Eels swim with sinuous movements. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/#x6)

### note

Say «SIN-yoo-us». Comes from Latin «sinus» (a curve). Not the same as «sinewy» (strong and muscly).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sinuous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sinuous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.