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CURVED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
Example:
his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard
Synonyms:
curved; curving
Classified under:
Similar:
arced; arched; arching; arciform; arcuate; bowed (forming or resembling an arch)
curvilineal; curvilinear (characterized by or following a curved line)
eellike (resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous)
falcate; falciform; sickle-shaped (curved like a sickle)
flexuous (having turns or windings)
hooked; hooklike (having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold))
incurvate; incurved (bent into or having an inward curve)
recurvate; recurved (curved backward or inward)
semicircular (curved into a half circle)
serpentine; snakelike; snaky (resembling a serpent in form)
sinuate; sinuous; wiggly (curved or curving in and out)
sinusoidal (having a succession of waves or curves)
upcurved (curving upward)
Antonym:
straight (free from curves or angles)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb curve
Context examples:
A long curved fold located in the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere.
(Cingulate Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)
The curved portion of the nephron.
(Curved Tube, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of measurement of the optical power of a curved mirror or lens represented by the inverse of the focal length in meters.
(Diopter, NCI Thesaurus)
The spatial outline of an object as described by the configuration of straight or curved lines.
(Geometric Shape, NCI Thesaurus)
A structure with a curved or bowlike outline.
(Arch, NCI Thesaurus)
So great was his speed that as he curved past the corner of the cabin he slipped and fell.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Dear father,” cried Tita, still supporting the angry old man, as he limped up the curved oaken stair.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We saw many small animals, such as porcupines, a scaly ant-eater, and a wild pig, piebald in color and with long curved tusks.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My friend was standing with an expression of strained intensity upon his face, staring at the railway metals where they curved out of the tunnel.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Plunk! came his left just where his antagonist’s ribs curved from his breast-bone.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
