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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Curve has 5 senses

curve(n = noun.shape) curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes;

has particulars: bell-shaped curve, gaussian curve, gaussian shape, normal curve, meander, closed curve, s-shape, catenary, cupid's bow, undulation, wave, extrados, gooseneck, intrados, bend, crook, turn, twist, crotchet, hook, envelope, arc, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop, spiral, helix, spiral, perversion, sinuosity, sinuousness, arch, bell, bell shape, campana, arc, bow, crescent, quadric, quadric surface, line roulette, roulette

is a kind of line

Derived form verb curve₁

Antonym: straight line

curve(n = noun.communication) - a line on a graph representing data;

has particulars:

regression curve

regression line

is a part of graph, graphical record

is a kind of line

curve(n = noun.act) bender, breaking ball, curve ball - a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter;

is a kind of delivery, pitch

curve(n = noun.attribute) curvature - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface;

is a kind of configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape

has particulars: curliness, waviness, straightness

Derived forms verb curve₃, verb curve₂, adjective curvey₁, adjective curvy₁

curve(n = noun.artifact) bend - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.);

has particulars: blind bend, blind curve, elbow, hairpin bend

is a part of road, route

is a kind of section, segment

Derived forms verb curve₅, verb curve₁, verb curve₂, adjective curvey₁, adjective curvy₁

Verb Curve has 5 senses

curve(v = verb.motion) cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

is one way to turn

Derived forms noun curve₅, noun curve₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

curve(v = verb.stative) twist, wind - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

is one way to be

Derived forms noun curve₅, noun curve₄

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

curve(v = verb.motion) arc, arch - form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

is one way to bend, flex

Derived forms noun curvature₃, noun curvature₁, noun curve₄

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

curve(v = verb.motion) crook - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

is one way to bend, flex

Derived form noun curvature₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

curve(v = verb.change) curl, kink - form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

is one way to change surface

Derived form noun curve₅

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Curve, a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.].

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. [1913 Webster]

Curve, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.].

A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster]
A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. [1913 Webster]

Axis of a curve. See under Axis. -- Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone. -- Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. -- Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.

Curve, v. t. [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.].

To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. [1913 Webster]

Curve, v. i.

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Curve, n. & v.
--n.
1 a line or surface having along its length a regular deviation from being straight or flat, as exemplified by the surface of a sphere or lens.
2 a curved form or thing.
3 a curved line on a graph.
4 Baseball a ball caused to deviate by the pitcher's spin.
--v.tr. & intr. bend or shape so as to form a curve.

Derivative

curved adj.

Etymology

orig. as adj. (in curve line) f. L curvus bent: (v.) f. L curvare

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THESAURUS

Curve

aberrancy, aberration, arc, arch, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blind, bluff, bosey, bow, bowl, branch off, branching off, cast, catacaustic, catch, catenary, caustic, change of pace, change the bearing, change-up, chicanery, chouse, chuck, chunk, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circumference, coil, compass, conchoid, corner, crook, curl, curvation, curvature, curve-ball, declination, decurve, deflect, depart from, departure, design, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diacaustic, diffract, diffuse, digress, digression, dirty deal, dirty trick, discursion, disperse, distort, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dodge, dogleg, dome, double, downcurve, drift, drifting, ellipse, embow, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fast deal, fastball, feint, festoon, fetch, ficelle, flex, fling, flip, forward pass, gambit, gimmick, googly, hairpin, heave, heel, hocus-pocus, hook, hump, hunch, hurl, hyperbola, incurvate, incurvation, incurvature, incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, joker, juggle, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lituus, lob, loop, obliquity, outcurve, parabola, pass, peg, pererration, pitch, ploy, pull, put, rambling, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, retroflex, rondure, round, ruse, sag, scatter, scheme, screwball, scurvy trick, serve, service, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shot-put, shy, sinker, sinus, skew, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, slider, sling, spiral, spitball, spitter, stratagem, straying, subterfuge, swag, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, tack, throw, toss, tracery, trend, trick, turn, turn aside, turning, twist, upcurve, variation, vary, vault, veer, wandering, warp, wile, wind, yaw, zigzag

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Curve

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

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