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curves

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /kɝːv/
    • /kɜːv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /kɝːv/

Definition of curves word

  • noun curves Plural form of curve. 1

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Parts of speech for Curves

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

curves popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

curves usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for curves

noun curves

  • arcs — Associate of the Royal College of Science
  • bends — the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness
  • arches — Obsolete. a person who is preeminent; a chief.
  • cambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camber.
  • contours — the shape or surface, esp of a curving form

verb curves

  • curls — Plural form of curl.
  • coils — Plural form of coil.
  • hooks — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • crumples — to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
  • skews — to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.

Antonyms for curves

noun curves

  • lines — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.

verb curves

  • stays — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.

Top questions with curves

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