CURVE
Definition:
- [noun] the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Synonyms: d shape
- [noun] a line on a graph representing data
- [noun] a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter
Synonyms: ball, breaking ball, bender
- [noun] the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
Synonyms: curvature
- [noun] curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Synonyms: bend
- [verb] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Synonyms: swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
- [verb] extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
Synonyms: wind
- [verb] form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
Synonyms: arch, arc
- [verb] bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
Synonyms: crook
- [verb] form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
Synonyms: curl, kink
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Related Words:
- peel off
- yaw
- circumvolute
- spiral
- snake
- camber
- recurve
- normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape
- meander
- closed curve
- S-shape
- catenary
- Cupid's bow
- wave, undulation
- extrados
- gooseneck
- intrados
- bend, crook, turn
- hook, crotchet
- envelope
- arc
- scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
- spiral
- helix, spiral
- perversion
- sinuosity, sinuousness
- arch
- bell, bell shape, campana
- bow, arc
- crescent
- quadric, quadric surface
- roulette, line roulette
- regression line, regression curve
- curliness
- straightness
- blind curve, blind bend
- elbow
- hairpin bend
