curved

curved
adjective /kɜːvd,kɝːvd/
Having a curve or curves.

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  • curved — curved; curved·ly; curved·ness; de·curved; ex·curved; pro·curved; re·curved; …   English syllables

  • curved — adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}. Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curved — [kə:vd US kə:rvd] adj having a shape that is like a curve and not straight ▪ a curved wall …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • curved — [ kɜrvd ] adjective * forming a curve: a bull with huge curved horns …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • curved — index circuitous, sinuous, tortuous (bending) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • curved — [adj] bowed, bent arced, arched, arciform, arrondi, biflected, circular, compass, crooked, curly, curvaceous, curvilinear, declinate, elliptical, enbowed, humped, incurvate, incurved, looped, loopy, round, rounded, serpentine, sigmoid, sinuous,… …   New thesaurus

  • curved — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)vd[/t]] ADJ GRADED A curved object has the shape of a curve or has a smoothly bending surface. ...a small, curved staircase. ...the curved lines of the chairs …   English dictionary

  • curved —   Pi o, kiwi, pāuma, kākiwi, kihikihi.   Also: kikiwi, hualala, a api, kī ōnaha, mehani, naha, ōnaha, pauke e, palakāhela, popoli.    ♦ Curved beak, ihu kikiwi.    ♦ Curved object, kiwi …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • curved — adjective having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend (Freq. 5) the curved tusks of a walrus his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard • Syn: ↑curving • Ant: ↑straight • Simila …   Useful english dictionary

  • Curved — Curve Curve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curved — adj. Curved is used with these nouns: ↑arrow, ↑beak, ↑blade, ↑claw, ↑dagger, ↑edge, ↑horn, ↑line, ↑shape, ↑surface …   Collocations dictionary

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