curve
curve
kɜrv
kērv
/kˈɜːv/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "curve"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

a line or shape that is not straight and bends gradually
curve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The designer incorporated curves into the furniture to enhance comfort and style.
āύāĻ•āĻļāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•, āϕ⧋āρāĻ•

a bent section of a road, river, railway track, or similar path
curve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rivers often follow natural curves through valleys.
āύāĻĻā§€āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

a line on a graph or chart representing a set of data
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sales trends were illustrated by a smooth curve.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰ, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰ āĻŦāϞ

(baseball) a type of pitch that bends or curves as it approaches the batter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The batter was ready for the fastball but got a curve instead.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻž, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

the quality or degree of bending or curvature in a line, surface, or shape
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āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ

a natural, smooth bend or shape, typically referring to the contours of a person's waist, hips, or other body parts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He admired the curves of the sculpture, which resembled the human body.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shape something into a bent or arched form
Transitive: to curve sth
to curve definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist 's skilled hands allowed them to curve the brush strokes with precision.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻšāĻžāϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻļ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to deviate or swerve from its original straight course
Transitive: to curve a moving object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skilled pitcher curved the baseball with precision, causing it to swerve away from the batter's reach.
āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĒāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϏāĻŦāϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to have turns, changes and deviations from a straight line
Intransitive: to curve
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hiking trail curves around the mountain, leading adventurers through dense forests and rocky terrain.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāύ āĻŦāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reject or turn down someone's romantic or flirtatious advance
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He got curved after complimenting her all night.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

curvey
curvy
curve
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ