curved
1curved — curved; curved·ly; curved·ness; de·curved; ex·curved; pro·curved; re·curved; …
2curved — 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};… …
3curved — [kə:vd US kə:rvd] adj having a shape that is like a curve and not straight ▪ a curved wall …
4curved — [ kɜrvd ] adjective * forming a curve: a bull with huge curved horns …
5curved — index circuitous, sinuous, tortuous (bending) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6curved — [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,… …
7curved — [[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 …
8curved — 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 …
9curved — 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 …
10Curved — 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 …
