curved
adjective
[ kəːvd ]
• having the form of a curve; bent.
• "birds with long curved bills"
curve
verb
• form or cause to form a curve.
• "her mouth curved in a smile"
Similar:
bend,
turn,
loop,
wind,
meander,
undulate,
snake,
spiral,
twist,
coil,
curl,
arc,
arch,
bow,
bulge,
swell,
inflect,
incurve,
bent,
arched,
bowed,
crescent,
curving,
recurved,
wavy,
twisted,
twisty,
sinuous,
serpentine,
meandering,
undulating,
curvilinear,
curvy,
vaulted,
rounded,
concave,
convex,
domed,
humped,
hooked,
aquiline,
arcuate,
falcate,
falciform,
circumflex,
flexural,
embowed,
curviform,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’. The noun dates from the late 17th century.
