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Noun curve has 5 senses
- curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
--1 is a kind of line
Antonyms: straight line
--1 has particulars: | | normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape; meander; closed curve; S-shape; catenary; Cupid's bow; wave, undulation; extrados; gooseneck; intrados; bend, crook, turn; hook, crotchet; envelope; arc; scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle; spiral; helix, spiral; perversion; sinuosity, sinuousness; arch; bell, bell shape, campana; bow, arc; crescent; quadric, quadric surface; roulette, line roulette |
- curve - a line on a graph representing data
--2 is a kind of line
--2 is a part of graph, graphical record
--2 has particulars: regression line, regression curve
- curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender - a baseball thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter
--3 is a kind of pitch, delivery
- curvature, curve - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
--4 is a kind of shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
--4 has particulars: curliness; straightness
- bend, curve - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
--5 is a kind of section, segment
--5 is a part of road, route
--5 has particulars: blind curve, blind bend; elbow; hairpin bend
Verb curve has 5 senses
- swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
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Something is ----ing PP
- wind, curve - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
--2 is one way to be
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Something is ----ing PP
- arch, curve, arc - form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
--3 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- crook, curve - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
- curl, curve, kink - form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
--5 is one way to change surface
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