1.
[syn: curved, curving]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
Curb.]
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
in pitching it.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: sinuate, sinuous,
wavy: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
curved
adj 1: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;
"the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips
suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: curved,
curving] [ant: straight]