Convolute

Word CONVOLUTE
Character 9
Hyphenation con vo lute
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Convolute"

What do we mean by convolute?

Rolled or coiled together in overlapping whorls, as certain leaves, petals, or shells. adjective

To coil or fold or cause to coil or fold in overlapping whorls. intransitive & transitive verb

Rolled together, or one part over another.

That which is convoluted. noun

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation. adjective

To make unnecessarily complex. verb

To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers. verb

Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section. (A special case of imbricate) adjective

Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive verb

Curl, wind, or twist together verb

Rolled longitudinally upon itself adjective

To make unnecessarily complex.

To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Convolute

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The word "convolute" in example sentences

A more practical solution, however, turned out to be something called a convolute ❋ Unknown (2010)

You can divert, rationalize, convolute, and obscure the minor details to your heart's content but one irrefutable fact remains: Cheney misinterpreted the powers of his office and directed officials of the CIA to illegally withhold crucial operational information from Congress. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ironically, I think this choice illustrates the ‘appalling’ inconvenient truth that politics itself, not merit, does indeed often determine who wins in real, if not American movie, life; that ulterior motives and surface features can and do, at the same time, in contradictory sorts of ways, convolute to bequeath value, and trump substance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A few times the story pirouettes on its tail to further convolute the proceedings, but a happy reader will lap up every progressive revelation with a grin of joy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fans who do want to see Jason in graduate school or Maggie in the office can turn to fan fiction instead of pressuring the creators to convolute the sources. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I never play a song the same way twice, and my music doesn ' t disguise the melody or reshape it or convolute it so that it ' s unrecognizable. ❋ Nat Hentoff (2010)

The support cast is a bit more steroetyped than usual (I expected Peter Lorre to appear at any moment), but no one will care as the audience obtains a deep look at 1940s Londoners sacrificing for the war cause while the two cops work a case in which every clue they uncover seems to complicate and convolute the investigation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I convolute, I divide, I conquerl" the original head cried, as the segments closed in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I mean completely authentic Mark III H-1s with single axis rolling convolute waist joints, and vintage Skylab A7Ls with micrometeoroid cover layers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In one hoax call to Planned Parenthood, he offers to pay for abortions to rid the world of black babies in the name of his white newborn - using creative editing to convolute his racism with their open-to-all donation policies. ' ❋ Unknown (2009)

See, given a few days after some bad news, these clowns can find a way to twist and torture, convolute and obfuscate the truth until it vanishes in a great cesspool of BS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, all these metamorphoses are very appropriate as the original Jove was fond of taking on different guises - sometimes a shower of gold, sometimes an eagle - in order to assist both his own convolute purposes and the fertile imaginations of the storytellers. ❋ Tequilamonky (2009)

Again, the blind, knee-jerk Hillary-Haters are so anxious to convolute anything in their tick-tick-tick desperation, that they sompletely miss the point of Bill's criticism (that is, Russert's baseless blindsiding question). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I agree that the Robber Baron media will convolute anything for the propaganda machine they run. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bonner has lawyered up, hiring veteran Akin Gump attorney Steven R. Ross, in another classic defensive posture often used to convolute the matter and issue veiled threats of countersuits to dissuade investigators from looking deeper into the muck. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In one hoax call to Planned Parenthood, he offers to pay for abortions to rid the world of black babies in the name of his white newborn - using creative editing to convolute his racism with their open-to-all donation policies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One is only better than the other on a family by family basis, and judging a mother for her choices is only going to convolute the issue. ❋ Unknown (2006)

People like to read convolute and obtuse pieces filled with obscure references to 17th century minor nobility ❋ Don Lewis (2008)

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