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1. Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
   "the curving tusks of a walrus";
   - curved

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   "The motorbike curved to the right";
   - swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
    
2. Extend in curves and turns
   "The road curves around the lake";
   - wind[2], twist
    
3. Form an arch or curve
   "her hips curve nicely";
   - arch, arc
    
4. Bend or cause to bend
   "the road curved sharply";
   - crook
    
5. Form a curl, curve, or kink
   "the cigar smoke curved up at the ceiling";
   - curl, kink

See also: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed, curvey, curvilineal, curvilinear, curvy, eel-like, falcate, falciform, flexuous, hooked, hooklike, incurvate, incurved, recurvate, recurved, semicircular, serpentine, sickle-shaped, sinuate, sinuous, sinusoidal, snakelike, snaky, upcurved, wiggly

Type of: be, bend, change surface, flex, turn

Antonym: straight

Encyclopedia: Curving