āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āϰā§āĻāĻž
a line or shape that is not straight and bends gradually
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The designer incorporated curves into the furniture to enhance comfort and style.
āύāĻāĻļāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻā§āĻāĻ
a bent section of a road, river, railway track, or similar path
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rivers often follow natural curves through valleys.
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āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āϰā§āĻāĻž
a line on a graph or chart representing a set of data
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sales trends were illustrated by a smooth curve.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāϏā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻā§āϰ, āĻŦāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϞ
(baseball) a type of pitch that bends or curves as it approaches the batter
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter was ready for the fastball but got a curve instead.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāϏā§āĻāĻŦāϞā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϤāĻž, āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž
the quality or degree of bending or curvature in a line, surface, or shape
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āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
a natural, smooth bend or shape, typically referring to the contours of a person's waist, hips, or other body parts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He admired the curves of the sculpture, which resembled the human body.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻāϰā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻāϏāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻšā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
to curve
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to shape something into a bent or arched form
Transitive: to curve sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist 's skilled hands allowed them to curve the brush strokes with precision.
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02
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause something to deviate or swerve from its original straight course
Transitive: to curve a moving object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skilled pitcher curved the baseball with precision, causing it to swerve away from the batter's reach.
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03
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§
to have turns, changes and deviations from a straight line
Intransitive: to curve
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiking trail curves around the mountain, leading adventurers through dense forests and rocky terrain.
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04
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to reject or turn down someone's romantic or flirtatious advance
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got curved after complimenting her all night.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
curvey
curvy
curve
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