All curve synonyms
curve
C c noun curve
- trajectory β the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
- arc β An arc is a smoothly curving line or movement.
- 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.
- contour β You can refer to the general shape or outline of an object as its contours.
- loop β a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- hairpin β a slender U -shaped piece of wire, shell, etc., used by women to fasten up the hair or hold a headdress.
- crook β A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- whorl β a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis; verticil.
- ambit β The ambit of something is its range or extent.
- concavity β the state or quality of being concave
- circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- quirk β a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
- curvature β The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- festoon β a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- bight β a wide indentation of a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a curve
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- circumference β The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- circuit β An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
- vault β the act of vaulting.
- round β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- chord β A chord is a number of musical notes played or sung at the same time with a pleasing effect.
- horseshoe β a U -shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
- hyperbola β the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 β y 2 /b 2 = Β±1.
- ogee β a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- helix β a spiral.
- flexure β the act of flexing or bending.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- parabola β a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- meniscus β a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
- half-moon β the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
- catenary β the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- incurvate β curved, especially inward.
- incurvation β curved, especially inward.
- sinuosity β Often, sinuosities. a curve, bend, or turn: a sinuosity of the road.
verb curve
- 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.
- 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.
- stoop β to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.