Antonyms for curved


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kurv
Phonetic Transcription : kÉœrv


Definition of curved

Origin :
  • 1690s, "curved line," from curve (v.). With reference to the female figure (usually plural, curves), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from 1879.
  • adj bowed, bent
Example sentences :
  • The rudder may also be curved or warped in similar manner by lever action.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The ankle was small and curved like an axe handle and looked as tough.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • The arms were long and had the curved movement of the tentacles of a devil-fish.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • They sailed upward for hundreds of feet, then curved and fell like skyrockets.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • He dodged this way and that, and curved and turned, but to no purpose.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He curved his bushy tail around to cover them, and at the same time he saw a vision.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Do not climb the tree, but chop it down with the curved sword.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The old name for the curved corner by the cross-streets in the middle of Casterbridge.
  • Extract from : « Time's Laughingstocks » by Thomas Hardy
  • Then shrugging his shoulders, he curved over his stick again.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • He held it out to the king: his lips were curved in a smile of bitter irony.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Synonyms for curved

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