curved

Adjective
US[kurvd]/kɝvd/1 syllable
Synonyms: curving

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: curvingOpposite straightSimilar arced, sinusoidal, sinuate, falcate, incurvate, recurved, serpentine, upcurved +6 more
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Translations

Adjective having a curve or curves

Spanish
curvado
French
courbe
Italian
curvo
Portuguese
curvo
Turkish
eğri
Russian
изо́гнутый izógnutyj
Chinese
弯曲 wānqū
Polish
zakrzywiony
Swedish
krokig
Vietnamese
cong
8 more languages
Hungarian
görbe
Portuguese (PT)
curvo
Chinese (Trad.)
彎曲 wānqū
Catalan
corb
Esperanto
kurba
Norwegian
buet
Romanian
curbat
Scottish Gaelic
crom

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

curved adjective

1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight. [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.

2. Botany curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; — of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous. Syn. — campylotropous.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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