| 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 |
| 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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| 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: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
Synonyms: |
begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
Synonyms: |
bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | contour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline, profile |
Synonyms: |
curve, delineation, figuration, figure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape, silhouette |
| Main Entry: | crescent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sickle-shaped object |
Synonyms: |
bow, concave figure, convex figure, cresentoid, curve, demilune, half-moon, horned moon, hornlike, lune, meniscus, new moon, old moon, sickle |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle |
Synonyms: |
bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round, slither, snake, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |