| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rounded, curving outward |
Synonyms: |
arched, bent, biconvex, bulged, bulging, bulgy, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, raised |
| Notes: | convex (from Latin convexus 'arched, vaulted') refers to a surface that curves outward, concave (from Latin concavus 'hollow') to a surface that curves inward |
Antonyms: |
concave, depressed, sinking |
| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
convex, arched, bellied, biconvex, bloated, bold, bombous, bossed, bosselated, bossy, bowed, bulbiform, bulbous, bunchy, clavated, corniform, cornute, gibbous, hemispheric, hummocky, in relief, lenticular, lentiform, maniform, nodular, odontoid, papulos, papulous, projecting, prominent, protuberant, raised, salient, tuberculous, tuberous, tumorous
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| Main Entry: | crescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickle-shaped |
Synonyms: |
bow-shaped, bowed, concave, convex, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, curved, falcate, semicircular |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
Synonyms: |
arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | bulging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curving outward |
Synonyms: |
convex, gibbous, protuberant |
Antonyms: |
contracting |
| Main Entry: | rounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curved |
Synonyms: |
bowed, circular, convex, globular, orbicular, oval, rotund, spherical |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
aquiline, barrel, bombé, bow, bowed, circular, concamerated, concavo, convexo, cordiform, crescentic, crump, curvate, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvulate, cusped, devex, devious, downcurved, excurved, falcate, ficiform, fig, hooked, incurved, involute, lenticular, lentiform, looped, lunette, luniform, lunular, meniscal, meniscoid, oblique, obpyriform, pear, recurved, recurvous, reniform, retroflex, saber, semilunar, sigmoidal, sweeping, upcurved, vaulted
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