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All concaving synonyms

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verb concaving

  • swerve β€” to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
  • veer β€” to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
  • bulge β€” If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
  • buckle β€” A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
  • spiral β€” Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
  • crumple β€” If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
  • twist β€” to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • bend β€” When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
  • coil β€” A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
  • curl β€” If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
  • skew β€” to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
  • loop β€” a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
  • unearth β€” to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
  • search β€” to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • shovel β€” an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
  • drill β€” a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
  • dredge β€” Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
  • go into β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • discover β€” to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
  • penetrate β€” to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
  • bulldoze β€” If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
  • scoop β€” a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
  • sift β€” to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
  • burrow β€” A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
  • clean β€” Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
  • uncover β€” to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • bore β€” If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • gouge β€” a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
  • harvest β€” Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • round β€” having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • turn β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • bow β€” When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
  • stoop β€” to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
  • crook β€” A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
  • arc β€” An arc is a smoothly curving line or movement.
  • gyrate β€” to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
  • snake β€” any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
  • divert β€” to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
  • hook β€” a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • arch β€” An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
  • deviate β€” To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
  • wind β€” the act of winding.
  • wreathe β€” to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
  • inflect β€” to modulate (the voice).
  • depress β€” If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • pierce β€” to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
  • grub β€” the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
  • quarry β€” an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
  • channel β€” A channel is a television station.
  • tunnel β€” an underground passage.
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