| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve, curved structure |
Synonyms: |
arc, archway, bend, bow, curvature, dome, semicircle, span, vault |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curve |
Synonyms: |
arc, bend, bow, bridge, camber, extend, form, hook, hump, hunch, round, shape, span, stretch |
| Main Entry: | arc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
Synonyms: |
arch, bend, bow, crescent, curvation, curvature, half-moon, round |
| Notes: | ark is a large, commodious boat and arc is something shaped like a curve or arch; a segment of a circle |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
Synonyms: |
angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend from waist |
Synonyms: |
angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, genuflection, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend over |
Synonyms: |
arch, bob, cower, crook, curtsy, curve, debase, dip, do obeisance, droop, duck, genuflect, hunch, incline, nod, round, stoop |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure or something that makes connection |
Synonyms: |
arch, bond, branch, catwalk, connection, extension, gangplank, link, overpass, platform, pontoon, scaffold, span, tie, transit, trestle, viaduct, wing |
| Main Entry: | curvature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rounded part of thing, usually body part |
Synonyms: |
arc, arch, arching, bend, bow, curve, curving, curvity, deflection, flexure, incurvation, round, shape |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
Synonyms: |
ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |
| 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 |