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RELATED WORDS : bell-shaped curve blind curve characteristic curve closed curve curve ball exponential curve frequency-response curve gaussian curve jordan curve laffer curve normal curve regression curve simple closed curve sine curve

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun curve has 5 senses

• curve(n = noun.shape) curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes; Array
has particulars: bell-shaped curve, gaussian curve, gaussian shape, normal curve, meander, closed curve, s-shape, catenary, cupid's bow, undulation, wave, extrados, gooseneck, intrados, bend, crook, turn, twist, crotchet, hook, envelope, arc, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop, spiral, helix, spiral, perversion, sinuosity, sinuousness, arch, bell, bell shape, campana, arc, bow, crescent, quadric, quadric surface, line roulette, roulette
is a kind of line
Derived form verb curve₁
Antonym: straight line

• curve(n = noun.communication) Array - a line on a graph representing data; Array
has particulars: regression curve, regression line
is a part of graph, graphical record
is a kind of line

• curve(n = noun.act) bender, breaking ball, curve ball - a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter; Array
is a kind of delivery, pitch

• curve(n = noun.attribute) curvature - the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface; Array
is a kind of configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape
has particulars: curliness, waviness, straightness
Derived forms verb curve₃, verb curve₂, adjective curvey₁, adjective curvy₁

• curve(n = noun.artifact) bend - curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.); Array
has particulars: blind bend, blind curve, elbow, hairpin bend
is a part of road, route
is a kind of section, segment
Derived forms verb curve₅, verb curve₁, verb curve₂, adjective curvey₁, adjective curvy₁

Verb curve has 5 senses

• curve(v = verb.motion) cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
is one way to turn
Derived forms noun curve₅, noun curve₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• curve(v = verb.stative) twist, wind - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun curve₅, noun curve₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• curve(v = verb.motion) arc, arch - form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
is one way to bend, flex
Derived forms noun curvature₃, noun curvature₁, noun curve₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

• curve(v = verb.motion) crook - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
is one way to bend, flex
Derived form noun curvature₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

• curve(v = verb.change) curl, kink - form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
is one way to change surface
Derived form noun curve₅
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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THESAURUS

curve

aberrancy, aberration, arc, arch, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blind, bluff, bosey, bow, bowl, branch off, branching off, cast, catacaustic, catch, catenary, caustic, change of pace, change the bearing, change-up, chicanery, chouse, chuck, chunk, circle, circuit, circuitousness, circumference, coil, compass, conchoid, corner, crook, curl, curvation, curvature, curve-ball, declination, decurve, deflect, depart from, departure, design, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, diacaustic, diffract, diffuse, digress, digression, dirty deal, dirty trick, discursion, disperse, distort, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, dodge, dogleg, dome, double, downcurve, drift, drifting, ellipse, embow, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, fast deal, fastball, feint, festoon, fetch, ficelle, flex, fling, flip, forward pass, gambit, gimmick, googly, hairpin, heave, heel, hocus-pocus, hook, hump, hunch, hurl, hyperbola, incurvate, incurvation, incurvature, incurve, indirection, inflect, inflection, joker, juggle, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lituus, lob, loop, obliquity, outcurve, parabola, pass, peg, pererration, pitch, ploy, pull, put, rambling, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, retroflex, rondure, round, ruse, sag, scatter, scheme, screwball, scurvy trick, serve, service, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, shot-put, shy, sinker, sinus, skew, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, slider, sling, spiral, spitball, spitter, stratagem, straying, subterfuge, swag, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, tack, throw, toss, tracery, trend, trick, turn, turn aside, turning, twist, upcurve, variation, vary, vault, veer, wandering, warp, wile, wind, yaw, zigzag

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curve

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

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