Curved

/kɝːvd/

Synonyms for "curved" (109 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Adjective(6 words)

arc arch arched bend bent bowed

Noun(5 words)

arcdegree arching arcing arckingbell curve

Verb(4 words)

arced arcked bandy bended

arched arciform bending bent billowing billowy bowed

Strong matches (33)

Noun(7 words)

bowfront bowing cashewcircle gridcircumflex curlingcurved trendline

bowlegged curvaceous curvate curvated curve curvesome curviform curvilineal curvilinear curving curvy

Adjective(12 words)

cambered crooked crookedercurved surfacecurved trimcurvier curvilinearcurvilinear patterncurvilinear relationcurving deform deviate

Verb(3 words)

contoured curled decurved

Related words (54)

Verb(11 words)

elbowed flexed hooked kinked looped looping quirked refracted rolled sinuate vaulted

embowed excurved geosynclinal incurvate incurvated incurved incurving labyrinthine mazy meandering recurvate recurvated recurved recurving round rounded serpentine sinuous streamlined tortuous

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twisted twisting undulant wavy

Adjective(11 words)

hooklike jigsawn lunatenonlinear relationnonlinear trendlineorganic shape cutroundedrounded contourupcurved warp wiggly

Noun(8 words)

kinking marumi oxbow scalloping sickle smiling spiral swooping

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More general

9 entries

anatomical featureformgeometric operationgeometric propertygeometric transformationmotion relationshipshape transformationverb

More specific

17 entries

arc arch bend catenarycurved beakcurved beamcurved edgecurved facadecurved horncurved spinecurved surfacecurved tailellipseexponential relationlogarithmic relationparabola

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Collocations

12 entries

curve alongcurve aroundcurve downwardcurve graduallycurve sharplycurve upwardcurved beamcurved boundarycurved edgecurved linecurved surfacecurved trajectory

Inflections

4 entries

curves curvier curviest curving

Derivations

5 entries

curvature curve curvily curviness curvy

Antonyms

1 entries

straight

similar

30 entries

arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed curvey curvilineal curvilinear curvy eellike falcate falciform flexuous hooked hooklike

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Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The ball curved slightly.

Source: tatoeba (19554)

In General Relativity the observed global effect of gravity arises from strictly local interaction with curved space-time.

Source: tatoeba (2125823)

Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance.

Source: tatoeba (2743040)

A second later his lips curved in a malicious smile.

Source: tatoeba (3545489)

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