flexuous
a . 弯曲的,动摇不定的,波状的
弯曲的,动摇不定的,波状的
flexuous adj 1 :
having turns or windings ; "
the flexuous bed of the stream "
Flexuous \
Flex "
u *
ous \,
a . [
L .
flexuosus ,
fr .
flexus a bending ,
turning .]
1 .
Having turns ,
windings ,
or flexures .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Bot .)
Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions ;
bent in a zigzag manner .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Wavering ;
not steady ;
flickering . --
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
curved \
curved \
adj .
1 .
not straight ;
having or marked by curves .
Opposite of {
straight }.
Note : [
Narrower terms : {
arced ,
arched ,
arching ,
arciform ,
arcuate ,
bowed }; {
falcate ,
sickle -
shaped }; {
flexuous };
{
incurvate ,
incurved }: {
recurved ,
recurvate };
{
semicircular }: {
serpentine ,
snaky }: {
sinuate ,
sinuous ,
wavy }: {
sinusoidal }]
Syn :
curving .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 . (
Botany )
curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk ; --
of a plant ovule .
Opposite of {
orthotropous }.
Syn :
campylotropous .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
flexuous ":
adaptable ,
ambagious ,
anfractuous ,
bendable ,
bending ,
bendy ,
chevronwise ,
chevrony ,
circuitous ,
circumlocutory ,
compliant ,
convoluted ,
convolutional ,
crankled ,
crooked ,
curvy ,
ductile ,
elastic ,
extensible ,
extensile ,
fabricable ,
facile ,
fictile ,
flexible ,
flexile ,
flexuose ,
formable ,
formative ,
giving ,
hairpin ,
impressible ,
impressionable ,
involute ,
involuted ,
involutional ,
labyrinthine ,
like putty ,
limber ,
lissome ,
lithe ,
lithesome ,
malleable ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
meandrous ,
moldable ,
plastic ,
pliable ,
pliant ,
receptive ,
responsive ,
rivose ,
rivulose ,
roundabout ,
ruffled ,
sensitive ,
sequacious ,
serpentine ,
shapable ,
sinuate ,
sinuose ,
sinuous ,
snaky ,
springy ,
staggered ,
submissive ,
supple ,
susceptible ,
torsional ,
tortile ,
tortuous ,
tractable ,
tractile ,
turning ,
twisting ,
twisty ,
whippy ,
whorled ,
willowy ,
winding ,
wreathlike ,
wreathy ,
yielding ,
zigzag ,
zigzaggy ,
zigzagways
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