Curved

verb

/kɜːvd/

Word Frequency: 7.0

Definitions

1.verbTo bend; to crook.

"to curve a line"

2.verbTo cause to swerve from a straight course.

"to curve a ball in pitching it"

3.verbTo bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

"the road curves to the right"

4.verbTo grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

"The teacher will curve the test."

5.verbTo reject, to turn down romantic advances.

"I was once curved three times by the same woman."

6.adjectiveHaving a curve or curves.

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