curve — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

gentle, graceful, slight, smooth

sharp, tight

The staircase has a sharp curve that makes it difficult to carry large furniture upstairs.

wide

sensual, voluptuous

The dancer moved with sensual curves that captivated the audience throughout the performance.

downward, upward

VERB + CURVE

form, make

The river makes a gentle curve through the valley before reaching the town.

PREP

in a ~

The river bends in a sharp curve before flowing into the lake.

2

(verb.)

ADV

gently, slightly

The road slightly curved to the left as we approached the small village.

away, down, up

The road curved away sharply to the left near the forest.

PREP

around/round, towards, etc.

The river curves toward the valley, creating a natural boundary between the two villages.

Definitions

adj

1

Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

a curve line

a curve surface

noun

1

A gentle bend, such as in a road.

You should slow down when approaching a curve.

But when we reflect that across the road at the centre of the arc of each curve there was a barricade, and cannon placed to rake the' intervals between the different barricades, the difficulties of the ascent, which is very steep, would be increased even to insurmountability.

2

A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

She scribbled a curve on the paper.

However, it should be possible to give more sophisticated spherical spline curves based on the de Castaljau method that are computed using multiple slerps between pairs of points and which work well for arbitrary knot positions (indeed, knot insertion methods for spline curves should suffice for this, cf Farin [1993])

3

A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of th

The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve.

4

A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of th

5

A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.

verb

1

To bend; to crook.

to curve a line

to curve a pipe

2

To cause to swerve from a straight course.

to curve a ball in pitching it

3

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

the road curves to the right

[…] the shoulders not too wide above, bowing outward from the top to the breast; the back flat from shoulder to tail; the ribs extending horizontally and backwards, and then curving down barrelwise; […]

4

To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

The teacher will curve the test.

5

To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

I was once curved three times by the same woman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its p

bender

noun — curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

bend

noun — the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

curvature

verb — form a curl, curve, or kink

verb — turn sharply

verb — bend or cause to bend

crook

verb — form an arch or curve

verb — extend in curves and turns

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ahead of the curve

Changing before competitors.

above the curve

With above average innovative performance or quality, especially a trailblazer developing advances before competitors.

Example Bank

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a curve line

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02

a curve surface

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03

You should slow down when approaching a curve.

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04

But when we reflect that across the road at the centre of the arc of each curve there was a barricade, and cannon placed to rake the' intervals between the different barricades, the difficulties of th

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05

In appearance, the bharal resembles both a sheep and a goat. Its horns are smooth, rounded and form a curve backwards over the neck. The fur is brownish grey in colour which attains a slaty grey hue i

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06

to curve a line

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, curve is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.