curve
To bend; to crookTo bend; to crook.
» Tom took the curve too fast.
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5 senses(transitive)To bend; to crook.
to curve a line
to curve a pipe
biegen, verbiegen
изгиба́тьizgibátʹ, гнутьgnutʹ
bend or cause to bend
(transitive)To cause to swerve from a straight course.
to curve a ball in pitching it
(intransitive)To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
the road curves to the right
изгиба́тьсяizgibátʹsja, гну́тьсяgnútʹsja
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
(transitive)To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
The teacher will curve the test.
(slang, transitive)To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
I was once curved three times by the same woman.
Examples
92 sentencesTom took the curve too fast.
The road curves gently towards the west.
deDie Straße macht eine leichte Biegung in westlicher Richtung. — Tamy
The road curves gently toward the lake.
The boy knows how to throw a curve.
I don't know how to throw a curve ball.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-EAttested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.
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Forms
curves, curving, curved, curvedSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle