HyperDic: curving

English > 1 sense of the word curving:
ADJECTIVEallcurving, curvedhaving or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
curving > pronunciation
Soundsker'vihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > curving: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
Synonymcurved
Narrowerarced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowedforming or resembling an arch
curvilineal, curvilinearCharacterized by or following a curved line
curvy, curveyHaving curves
eellikeresembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous
falcate, falciform, sickle-shapedcurved like a sickle
flexuousHaving turns or windings
hooklike, hookedHaving or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
incurvate, incurvedbent into or having an inward curve
recurved, recurvatecurved backward or inward
semicircularcurved into a half circle
serpentine, snaky, snakelikeresembling a serpent in form
sinuate, sinuous, wigglycurved or curving in and out
sinusoidalHaving a succession of waves or curves
upcurvedcurving upward
OppositestraightFree from curves or angles
Spanishcurvado, curvo
Catalancorb, corbat

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