curve

Meaning of curve

noun
  1. a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.
    the parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve
verb
  1. form or cause to form a curve.
    her mouth curved in a smile
    starting with arms outstretched, curve the body sideways

late Middle English: from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’. The noun dates from the late 17th century.

Information about curve

Hyphenation of curve

curve

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • curve is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

curve synonyms

Meaning curve ball:

bender

Meaning curvature:

curvature

Meaning bend:

bend

Meaning swerve:

swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

Meaning wind:

wind, twist

Meaning arch:

arch, arc

Meaning crook:

crook

Meaning curl:

curl, kink

Meaning change or cause to change direction:

turn

Meaning follow a course that forms a loop or loops:

loop

Meaning (of a river or road) follow a winding course:

meander

Meaning move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion:

undulate

Meaning move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake:

snake

Meaning move in a spiral course:

spiral

Meaning arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil:

coil

Meaning play (a stringed instrument or music) using a bow:

bow, bowed

Meaning swell or protrude to an incongruous extent:

bulge

Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:

swell

Meaning change the form of (a word) to express a particular grammatical function or attribute, typically tense, mood, person, number, and gender:

inflect

Meaning curve inwards:

incurve

Meaning past and past participle of bend1:

bent

Meaning constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches:

arched

Meaning the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon:

crescent

Meaning form or cause to form a curve:

curving

Meaning bent or curved backwards:

recurved

Meaning having a form or edge that smoothly curves in and out:

wavy

Meaning forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled:

twisted

Meaning not arranged or moving in a straight line; winding:

twisty

Meaning having many curves and turns:

sinuous

Meaning move or lie in a winding path or line:

serpentine

Meaning following a winding course:

meandering

Meaning having a smoothly rising and falling form or outline:

undulating

Meaning contained by or consisting of a curved line or lines:

curvilinear

Meaning having curves:

curvy

Meaning (of a building or room) having an arched roof or roofs:

vaulted

Meaning having a smooth, curved surface:

rounded

Meaning having an outline or surface that curves inwards like the interior of a circle or sphere:

concave

Meaning having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere:

convex

Meaning covered with or shaped like a rounded vault:

domed

Meaning having a hump or humps; hump-shaped:

humped

Meaning curved like a hook:

hooked

Meaning like an eagle:

aquiline

Meaning shaped like a bow; curved:

arcuate

Meaning curved like a sickle; hooked:

falcate, falciform

Meaning a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or a particular quality:

circumflex

Meaning bent, arched, or vaulted:

embowed

curve antonyms

Meaning extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend:

straight

Translation of curve

Anagrams of curve

cruve

Words that rhyme with curve

aerocurve, decurve, downcurve, equicurve, incurve, outcurve, recurve, undercurve, upcurve, lurve

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