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curved 音標拼音: [k'ɚvd] 彎曲的 彎曲的 curved adj 1: 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" [ synonym: { curved}, { curving}] [ ant: { straight}] 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]
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] 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
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