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Curve   /kərv/   Listen
Curve

noun
1.
The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes.  Synonym: curved shape.  Antonym: straight line.
2.
A line on a graph representing data.
3.
A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.  Synonyms: bender, breaking ball, curve ball.
4.
The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.  Synonym: curvature.
5.
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.).  Synonym: bend.
verb
(past & past part. curved; pres. part. curving)
1.
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.  Synonyms: cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer.  "The motorbike veered to the right"
2.
Extend in curves and turns.  Synonyms: twist, wind.  "The path twisted through the forest"
3.
Form an arch or curve.  Synonyms: arc, arch.  "Her hips curve nicely"
4.
Bend or cause to bend.  Synonym: crook.  "The road curved sharply"
5.
Form a curl, curve, or kink.  Synonyms: curl, kink.



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"Curve" Quotes from Famous Books



... Breathing the letter, and not the spirit, of the commodore's orders, the captains of these ships luffed at the same time as those which preceded them. Hence it resulted that the French line formed a curve (B), whose extremities were represented in the van by the 'Artesien' and 'Vengeur,' and in the rear by the 'Bizarre,' 'Ajax,' and 'Severe.' In consequence, these ships were very far from those which corresponded to ...
— The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 • A. T. Mahan
... could not be always. It came to an end one January afternoon, when he had returned from a second absence in Liverpool. They were walking up Richmond Hill. The sun had set frostily and red over the silver curve of the Thames, and Venus, large and bright, was shining like a great eye in the western sky. Hilary long remembered exactly how every thing looked, even to the very tree they stood under, when Robert Lyon asked ...
— Mistress and Maid • Dinah Craik (aka: Miss Mulock)
... that was plain; his face was bronzed and weather-beaten, as if he often encountered rough weather. But his deep-set eyes had a steadfast, quiet power in them, and his mouth, although it was almost hidden by hair, had a pleasant curve about it. I could not guess how old he was; he looked a middle-aged man to me. His great, rough hands, which had never worn gloves, were stained and hard with labor; and he had evidently been taking a share ...
— The Doctor's Dilemma • Hesba Stretton
... away all my vanity clothes. No need for them in Hiroshima and in an icy room on a winter's morning, I do not stop to think whether my dress has an in-curve or an out-sweep. I fall into the first thing I find and finish buttoning it when the family fire in the dining-room is reached. A solitary warming-spot to a big house is one of ...
— The Lady and Sada San - A Sequel to The Lady of the Decoration • Frances Little
... still more determined curve. "When any suspicious paper is found in my possession, it will be time enough then for me to explain ...
— The Leavenworth Case • Anna Katharine Green


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