From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Curve \Curve\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, adjective, {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle-shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate}; {semicircular}: {serpentine, snaky}: {sinuate, sinuous, wavy}: {sinusoidal}]
2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of {orthotropous}.
Syn: campylotropous. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: not straight; having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: {curving}] [ant: {straight}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "curved": arched, arciform, bending, bent, billowing, billowy, bowed, curvaceous, curvate, curvated, curve, curvesome, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, curving, curvy, embowed, excurved, geosynclinal, incurvate, incurvated, incurved, incurving, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, recurvate, recurvated, recurved, recurving, round, rounded, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, undulant, wavy
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