'Curve' definitions:
Definition of 'curve'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes [syn: curve, curved shape] [ant: straight line]
noun
A line on a graph representing data
noun
A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender]
noun
The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface [syn: curvature, curve]
noun
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend, curve]
verb
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]
verb
Extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist, curve]
verb
verb
Bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve]
verb
Definition of 'Curve'
From: GCIDE
- Curve \Curve\ (k[^u]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Curve'
From: GCIDE
- Curve \Curve\, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
- 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. [1913 Webster]
- Axis of a curve. See under Axis.
- Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone.
- Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation.
- Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Curve'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Curve'
From: GCIDE
- Curve \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'curve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- arc,
- arch,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- bag of tricks,
- bear off,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bias,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- bow,
- bowl,
- branch off,
- branching off,
- cast,
- catacaustic,
- catch,
- catenary,
- caustic,
- change of pace,
- change the bearing,
- change-up,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circuitousness,
- circumference,
- coil,
- compass,
- conchoid,
- corner,
- crook,
- curl,
- curvation,
- curvature,
- curve-ball,
- declination,
- decurve,
- deflect,
- depart from,
- departure,
- design,
- detour,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviate,
- deviation,
- device,
- deviousness,
- diacaustic,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- digress,
- digression,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- discursion,
- disperse,
- distort,
- divagate,
- divagation,
- divaricate,
- divarication,
- diverge,
- divergence,
- diversion,
- divert,
- dodge,
- dogleg,
- dome,
- double,
- downcurve,
- drift,
- drifting,
- ellipse,
- embow,
- errantry,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- exorbitation,
- fast deal,
- fastball,
- feint,
- festoon,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- flex,
- fling,
- flip,
- forward pass,
- gambit,
- gimmick,
- googly,
- hairpin,
- heave,
- heel,
- hocus-pocus,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- hurl,
- hyperbola,
- incurvate,
- incurvation,
- incurvature,
- incurve,
- indirection,
- inflect,
- inflection,
- joker,
- juggle,
- knuckleball,
- lateral,
- lateral pass,
- lituus,
- lob,
- loop,
- obliquity,
- outcurve,
- parabola,
- pass,
- peg,
- pererration,
- pitch,
- ploy,
- pull,
- put,
- rambling,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- refract,
- retroflex,
- rondure,
- round,
- ruse,
- sag,
- scatter,
- scheme,
- screwball,
- scurvy trick,
- serve,
- service,
- sheer,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shifting course,
- shifting path,
- shot-put,
- shy,
- sinker,
- sinus,
- skew,
- slant,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- slider,
- sling,
- spiral,
- spitball,
- spitter,
- stratagem,
- straying,
- subterfuge,
- swag,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swerving,
- swinging,
- tack,
- throw,
- toss,
- tracery,
- trend,
- trick,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turning,
- twist,
- upcurve,
- variation,
- vary,
- vault,
- veer,
- wandering,
- warp,
- wile,
- wind,
- yaw,
- zigzag
Words containing 'Curve'
- Curved,
- Curving,
- Axis of a curve,
- Caustic curve,
- Center of a curve,
- Class of a curve,
- Curve of pursuit,
- Curve of sines,
- Curve tracing,
- Deficiency of a curve,
- Degree of a curve,
- Diametral curve,
- Dioptric curve,
- Elastic curve,
- Equating for curves,
- Equation of a curve,
- Expansion curve,
- Exponential curve,
- Family of curves,
- Foliate curve,
- Funicular curve,
- Geodetic curve,
- Geometrical curve,
- Isodiabatic curves,
- Kinematic curves,
- Logarithmic curve,
- Loxodromic curve,
- Magnetic curves,
- Muscle curve,
- Paracentric curve,
- Pedal curve,
- Plane curve,
- Reverse curve,
- Skew curve,
- The flexure of a curve,
- Transcendental curve,
- Trigonometrical curve,
- Twisted curve,
- Vertex of a curve,
- blind curve,
- characteristic curve,
- closed curve,
- curve ball,
- curved shape,
- gaussian curve,
- jordan curve,
- laffer curve,
- learning curve,
- normal curve,
- regression curve,
- sine curve,
- Center of curvature of a curve,
- Curve of quickest descent,
- Intrinsic equation of a curve,
- Isolated point of a curve,
- Osculating circle of a curve,
- Singular point in a curve,
- curve-veined,
- simple closed curve,
- To develop a curved surface on a plane,
- bell-shaped curve,
- frequency-response curve