Curved

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 a ball
     in pitching it.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  curved \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};
           {semicircular}: {serpentine, snaky}: {sinuate, sinuous,
           wavy}: {sinusoidal}]
  
     Syn: curving.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
        touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
        {orthotropous}.
  
     Syn: campylotropous.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curved
       adj : not straight; having or marked by a curve or smoothly
             rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his
             curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
             [syn: {curving}] [ant: {straight}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "curved":
     arched, arciform, bending, bent, billowing, billowy, bowed,
     curvaceous, curvate, curvated, curve, curvesome, curviform,
     curvilineal, curvilinear, curving, curvy, embowed, excurved,
     geosynclinal, incurvate, incurvated, incurved, incurving,
     labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, recurvate, recurvated, recurved,
     recurving, round, rounded, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted,
     twisting, undulant, wavy