curved

/kərvd/
/kəvd/
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Definitions of curved
  1. adjective
    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: curving
    arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed
    forming or resembling an arch
    curvilineal, curvilinear
    characterized by or following a curved line
    eellike
    resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous
    falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped
    curved like a sickle
    curvey, curvy
    having curves
    flexuous
    having turns or windings
    hooked, hooklike
    having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
    incurvate, incurved
    bent into or having an inward curve
    recurvate, recurved
    curved backward or inward
    serpentine, snakelike, snaky
    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
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    antonyms:
    straight
    free from curves or angles
    trabeate, trabeated
    not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)
    uncurved, uncurving
    having no curves
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