adj
Meaning 1
Having a curve or curves; curving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
curved
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kɜːvd/
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US: /kɝːvd/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)vd
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CMU ARPABET: K ER1 V D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of curve
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the curved tusks of a walrus
- his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curving
Antonyms: straight
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُنْثَنٍ (munṯanin) — having a curve or curves
- Assamese: বেঁকা (bẽka) — having a curve or curves
- Azerbaijani: əyri — having a curve or curves
- Bashkir: кәкре (kəkre) — having a curve or curves
- Belarusian: вы́гнуты (výhnuty) — having a curve or curves
- Belarusian: крывы́ (kryvý) — having a curve or curves
- Bulgarian: извит (izvit) — having a curve or curves
- Catalan: corb — having a curve or curves
- Chinese Mandarin: 彎曲 /弯曲 (wānqū) — having a curve or curves
- Czech: ohnutý — having a curve or curves
- Dutch: gebogen — having a curve or curves
- Dutch: krom — having a curve or curves
- Esperanto: kurba — having a curve or curves
- French: courbé — having a curve or curves
- Georgian: გაღუნული (gaɣunuli) — having a curve or curves
- Georgian: მოღუნული (moɣunuli) — having a curve or curves
- Georgian: დაღუნული (daɣunuli) — having a curve or curves
- Georgian: დაღრეცილი (daɣrecili) — having a curve or curves
- German: gebogen — having a curve or curves
- Ancient Greek: σκολιός (skoliós) — having a curve or curves
- Ancient Greek: ἀγκύλος (ankúlos) — having a curve or curves
- Ancient Greek: καμπύλος (kampúlos) — having a curve or curves
- Hawaiian: piʻo — having a curve or curves
- Hindi: वक्र (vakra) — having a curve or curves
- Hindi: टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā) — having a curve or curves
- Hungarian: görbe — having a curve or curves
- Indonesian: lengkung — having a curve or curves
- Irish: cuar — having a curve or curves
- Irish: cuarach — having a curve or curves
- Irish: cuartha — having a curve or curves
- Italian: curvo — having a curve or curves
- Italian: ricurvo — having a curve or curves
- Latin: curvus — having a curve or curves
- Latin: arcuātus — having a curve or curves
- Māori: mingi — having a curve or curves
- Māori: piki — having a curve or curves
- Māori: piko — having a curve or curves
- Norwegian Bokmål: buet — having a curve or curves
- Norwegian Bokmål: bua — having a curve or curves
- Norwegian Nynorsk: boga — having a curve or curves
- Old English: ġebogen — having a curve or curves
- Persian: خمیده (xamide) — having a curve or curves
- Plautdietsch: kromm — having a curve or curves
- Portuguese: curvo — having a curve or curves
- Portuguese: curvado — having a curve or curves
- Rarotongan: mingi — having a curve or curves
- Rarotongan: piki — having a curve or curves
- Romanian: curbat — having a curve or curves
- Russian: изо́гнутый (izógnutyj) — having a curve or curves
- Russian: искривлённый (iskrivljónnyj) — having a curve or curves
- Russian: криво́й (krivój) — having a curve or curves
- Russian: со́гнутый (sógnutyj) — having a curve or curves
- Russian: вы́гнутый (výgnutyj) — having a curve or curves
- Sanskrit: भुग्न (bhugna) — having a curve or curves
- Scottish Gaelic: crom — having a curve or curves
- Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — having a curve or curves
- Spanish: curvado — having a curve or curves
- Spanish: encorvado — having a curve or curves
- Spanish: combado — having a curve or curves
- Swedish: kurvig — having a curve or curves
- Swedish: krokig — having a curve or curves
- Swedish: böjd — having a curve or curves
- Swedish: krum — having a curve or curves
- Tahitian: pipiʻi — having a curve or curves
- Tongan: piko — having a curve or curves
- Turkish: eğri — having a curve or curves
- Turkish: kavisli — having a curve or curves
- Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — having a curve or curves
- Ukrainian: ви́гнутий (výhnutyj) — having a curve or curves
- Ukrainian: зігну́тий (zihnútyj) — having a curve or curves
- Ukrainian: криви́й (kryvýj) — having a curve or curves
- Vietnamese: cong — having a curve or curves
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