| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
Synonyms: |
bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind |
| Main Entry: | convolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, spiral |
Synonyms: |
coil, coiling, complexity, contortion, curlicue, flexing, gyration, helix, intricacy, involution, serpentine, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, swirl, tortuousness, twist, undulation, winding |
Antonyms: |
line, straightness |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
Synonyms: |
coil, crimp, crispation, curlicue, flourish, frizz, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |
| 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: | decoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of embellishment |
Synonyms: |
appliqué, arabesque, bauble, braid, color, curlicue, design, dingbat, doodad, extravagance, fandangle, festoon, filigree, finery, flounce, flourish, fretwork, frill, frippery, furbelow, fuss, garbage*, garnish, garniture, gewgaws, gilt, gimcracks, gingerbread, inlay, jazz, lace, ornament, parquetry, plaque, ribbon, scroll, sequin, spangle, thing*, tinsel, tooling, trimming, trinket, wreath |
| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curled shape |
Synonyms: |
coil, corkscrew, curlicue, flourish, gyration, gyre, helix, quirk, screw, volute, whorl |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
Synonyms: |
arc, bend, braid, coil, convolution, curlicue, curve, flourish, hank, helix, jerk, meander, plug, ply, pull, roll, spiral, swivel, torsion, turn, twine, undulation, warp, wind, wrench, yank, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | wave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sea surf, current |
Synonyms: |
bending, billow, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crest, crush, curl, curlicue, drift, flood, foam, ground swell, gush, heave, influx, loop, movement, outbreak, rash, ridge, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll, roller, rush, scroll, sign, signal, stream, surge, sweep, swell, tendency, tide, tube, twirl, twist, undulation, unevenness, uprising, upsurge, whitecap, winding |
| 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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| Concept: | [Complex curvature.] Convolution. |
| Category: | 2. Special form |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
winding; convolution, involution, circumvolution; wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity; sinuosity, sinuation; meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages; torsion; inosculation; reticulation (crossing); rivulation; roughness., coil, roll, curl; buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle; tendril; scollop, scallop, escalop, pink; kink; ammonite, snakestone., serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth.
-verbs
be convoluted; wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crapek, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe (cross).
-adjectives
convoluted; winding, twisted; tortile, tortive; wavy; undated, undulatory; circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine; serpent, anguill, vermiform; vermicular; mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid; sigmoid, sigmoidal; spiriferous, spiroid., involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed; labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine; peristaltic; daedalian; kinky., wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled; raveled (in disorder)., spiral, coiled, helical; cocheleate, cochelous; screw-shaped; turbinated, turbiniform.
-adverbs
in and out, round and round.
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