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curved

/kɜːvd/

verb

Meaning

  • To bend; to crook.

    "to curve a line"

  • To cause to swerve from a straight course.

    "to curve a ball in pitching it"

  • To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

    "the road curves to the right"

  • To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

    "The teacher will curve the test."

  • To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

    "I was once curved three times by the same woman."

adjective

Meaning

  • Having a curve or curves.

Synonyms

curvy,
sinuous,
tortuous,
wavy