Convolute

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Rolled or coiled together in overlapping whorls, as certain leaves, petals, or shells.
  • v. To coil or fold or cause to coil or fold in overlapping whorls.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make unnecessarily complex.
  • v. To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
  • adj. coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rolled together, or one part over another.
  • n. That which is convoluted.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
  • v. curl, wind, or twist together
  • adj. rolled longitudinally upon itself
    • Equivalent
    coiled   
    Verb Form
    convoluted    convoluting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    refer    denote    turn    deform    twist   
    Cross Reference
    convolute shell    convolute to a circle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curled   
     
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