English > curved: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend. |
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| Examples | - "the curved tusks of a walrus"
- "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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| Synonym | curving |
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| Narrower | arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed | forming or resembling an arch |
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| curvilineal, curvilinear | Characterized by or following a curved line |
| curvy, curvey | Having curves |
| eellike | resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous |
| falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped | curved like a sickle |
| flexuous | Having turns or windings |
| hooklike, hooked | Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) |
| incurvate, incurved | bent into or having an inward curve |
| recurved, recurvate | curved backward or inward |
| semicircular | curved into a half circle |
| serpentine, snaky, snakelike | resembling a serpent in form |
| sinuate, sinuous, wiggly | curved or curving in and out |
| sinusoidal | Having a succession of waves or curves |
| upcurved | curving upward |
| Opposite | straight | Free from curves or angles |
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| Spanish | curvado, curvo |
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| Catalan | corb, corbat |
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