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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
curving
adjective: 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: {curved}] [ant: {straight}]
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