Curve

//kɜːv//

Synonyms for "curve" (244 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Verb(2 words)
arcarch

Strong matches (73)

Verb(4 words)
crookcurbcurlcut

Related words (122)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

dbpedia language

1 entries

derived

142 entries

Showing 16 of 142 words.

distinct from

2 entries

has context

5 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

255 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • kurwe noun (gentle bend)
  • kurwe noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kurwe noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kthesë noun (curved line)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καμπή noun (gentle bend)

Arabic

1 entries
  • منحنى noun (gentle bend)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծռել verb (bend, crook)

Basque

1 entries
  • kurba noun (gentle bend)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • извивка noun (gentle bend)
  • извивки noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • крива noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • крива линия noun (curved line)

Catalan

4 entries
  • corba noun (curved line)
  • corba noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • corbes noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • revolt noun (gentle bend)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 彎 /弯 noun (gentle bend)
  • 曲線 /曲线 noun (curved line)
  • 曲線 /曲线 noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 彎子 /弯子 noun (gentle bend)
  • 曲線 /曲线 noun (curved line)
  • 曲線 /曲线 noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Czech

2 entries
  • křivka noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • ohyb noun (gentle bend)

Danish

2 entries
  • kurve noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kurver noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bocht noun (gentle bend)
  • curve noun (gentle bend)
  • curve noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • figuur noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • kurbiĝo noun (gentle bend)
  • kurbo noun (gentle bend)
  • kurbo noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • sinuo noun (gentle bend)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kaari noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kaarre noun (gentle bend)
  • kurvi noun (gentle bend)
  • kurvi noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

French

4 entries
  • courbe noun (gentle bend)
  • courbe noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • courbes noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • courber verb (bend, crook)

Galician

4 entries
  • curva noun (gentle bend)
  • curva noun (curved line)
  • curvar verb (bend, crook)
  • curvar verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)

Georgian

4 entries
  • მრუდი noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • წირი noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • გაღუნვა verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)
  • ღუნვა verb (bend, crook)

German

4 entries
  • Kurve noun (gentle bend)
  • Kurve noun (curved line)
  • Kurven noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • Linie noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Greek

4 entries
  • καμπύλες noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • καμπύλη noun (gentle bend)
  • καμπύλη noun (curved line)
  • καμπύλη noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • חיטובים noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • עקומה noun (curved line)
  • עקימה noun (gentle bend)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • likoliko noun (gentle bend)

Hindi

4 entries
  • घुमाव noun (gentle bend)
  • घुमाव noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • चक्कर noun (gentle bend)
  • मोड़ना verb (bend, crook)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • domborulat noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • függvényábra noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • grafikon noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • görbe noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • ferill noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Ido

3 entries
  • kurvo noun (gentle bend)
  • kurvo noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kurveskar verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kurva noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • lengkungan noun (gentle bend)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • mutka noun (gentle bend)

Irish

4 entries
  • cuar noun (gentle bend)
  • cuar noun (curved line)
  • cuar noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • cas verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)

Italian

4 entries
  • curva noun (gentle bend)
  • curva noun (curved line)
  • curva noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • curva noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 曲線 noun (gentle bend)
  • 曲線 noun (curved line)
  • 曲線 noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • 曲がる verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ខ្សែកោង noun (curved line)
  • របត់ noun (gentle bend)
  • បត់ verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)

Korean

3 entries
  • 곡선 noun (curved line)
  • 구부러지다 verb (bend or turn gradually from a given direction)
  • 구부리다 verb (bend, crook)

Latin

3 entries
  • anfractus noun (gentle bend)
  • curvāmen noun (gentle bend)
  • flexus noun (gentle bend)

Latvian

2 entries
  • līkne noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • līkums noun (gentle bend)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • kreivė noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • linkis noun (gentle bend)
  • vingis noun (gentle bend)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • кри́ва noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • о́блина noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • о́блини noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • сви́ок noun (gentle bend)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वळण noun (gentle bend)

Middle English

1 entries
  • croken verb (bend, crook)

Māori

3 entries
  • kapu noun (gentle bend)
  • ānau noun (gentle bend)
  • ānau noun (curved line)

Navajo

2 entries
  • ahééʼídzoh noun (curved line)
  • ahééʼídzoh noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • kurve noun (gentle bend)
  • kurve noun (curved line)
  • kurve noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • kurve noun (gentle bend)
  • kurve noun (curved line)
  • kurve noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Old English

1 entries
  • byġe noun (gentle bend)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اكری noun (gentle bend)
  • اكری noun (curved line)
  • اكری noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • كوشه noun (gentle bend)

Persian

3 entries
  • خم noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • منحنی noun (curved line)
  • پیچ noun (gentle bend)

Polish

3 entries
  • krzywa noun (curved line)
  • krzywa noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • zakręt noun (gentle bend)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • curva noun (gentle bend)
  • curva noun (curved line)
  • curva noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • curvas noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Romanian

4 entries
  • curbă noun (gentle bend)
  • curbă noun (curved line)
  • curbă noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • linie curbată noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Russian

4 entries
  • изги́б noun (gentle bend)
  • изги́б noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • крива́я noun (gentle bend)
  • крива́я noun (curved line)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अङ्कस् noun (gentle bend)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bogha noun (gentle bend)
  • bogha noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • lùb noun (gentle bend)
  • lùb noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • obline noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • oblìna noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • облине noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • облѝна noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Slovene

1 entries
  • krivulja noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Spanish

4 entries
  • curva noun (gentle bend)
  • curva noun (curved line)
  • curva noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • curvas noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mchirizo noun (curved line)

Swedish

4 entries
  • figur noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • kurva noun (gentle bend)
  • kurva noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kurva noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • guhit na kilo noun (curved line)
  • kilo noun (curved line)
  • kilo noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Telugu

3 entries
  • వంపు noun (gentle bend)
  • వంపులు noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)
  • వొంపులు noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Turkish

4 entries
  • eğri noun (curved line)
  • eğri noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)
  • kıvrım noun (gentle bend)
  • kıvrım noun (informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • khúc quanh noun (gentle bend)
  • đường cong noun (curved line)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויסבייג noun (gentle bend)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çewt (diq) noun (geometry: one-dimensional figure)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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The boy knows how to throw a curve.

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The curve extends from point A to point B.

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At times I confuse curve with carve.

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At times I confuse "curve" with "carve".

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