adj
Meaning 1
Having curves.
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
curvy
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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General-American: /ˈkɚ.vi/
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UK: /ˈkɜː.vi/
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CMU ARPABET: K ER1 V IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Buxom or curvaceous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I love this woman and her curvy body.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Overweight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
- a curvy young woman in a tight dress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having curves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a settee with only one curvy end
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curvey
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin curvusder. English curve Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curvy From curve + -y.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: mutkainen — having curves
- Finnish: mutkitteleva — having curves
- Indonesian: melengkung — having curves
- Plautdietsch: schweifich — having curves
- Russian: изо́гнутый (izógnutyj) — having curves
- Russian: криво́й (krivój) — having curves
- Russian: изви́листый (izvílistyj) — having curves
- Spanish: curvo — having curves
- Spanish: comboso — having curves
- Spanish: corvo — having curves
- Swedish: kurvig — having curves
- Turkish: kıvrımlı — having curves