curve

curve is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
2. adjective. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
3. adjective. A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.
4. adjective. To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
5. intransitive verb. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
6. noun. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

   Synonyms: bender

7. noun. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

   Synonyms: bend

8. noun. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

   Synonyms: curvature

9. noun. a line on a graph representing data
10. noun. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
11. verb. form a curl, curve, or kink

    "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

    Synonyms: curl, kink

12. verb. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

    "The car cut to the left at the intersection"

    "The motorbike veered to the right"

    Synonyms: cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer

13. verb. bend or cause to bend

    "He crooked his index finger"

    "the road curved sharply"

    Synonyms: crook

14. verb. form an arch or curve

    "her back arches"

    "her hips curve nicely"

    Synonyms: arc, arch

15. verb. extend in curves and turns

    "The road winds around the lake"

    "the path twisted through the forest"

    Synonyms: twist, wind

Synonyms

bender, bend, curvature, curl, kink, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer, crook, arc, arch, twist, wind

Common word forms

curved, curver, curves, curving

Words from these letters

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