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curve

(kûrv)

a. A line that deviates from straightness in a smooth, continuous fashion.

b. A surface that deviates from planarity in a smooth, continuous fashion.

c. Something characterized by such a line or surface, especially a rounded line or contour of the human body.

2. A relatively smooth bend in a road or other course.

a. A line representing data on a graph.

b. A trend derived from or as if from such a graph: "Once again, the politicians are behind the curve" (Ted Kennedy).

4. A graphic representation showing the relative performance of individuals as measured against each other, used especially as a method of grading students in which the assignment of grades is based on predetermined proportions of students.

5. Mathematics

a. The graph of a function on a coordinate plane.

b. The intersection of two surfaces in three dimensions.

c. The graph of the solutions to any equation of two variables.

6. Baseball A curve ball.

7. Slang Something that is unexpected or designed to trick or deceive.

v. curved, curv·ing, curves

v.intr.

To move in or take the shape of a curve: The path curves around the lake.

v.tr.

1. To cause to curve.

2. Baseball To pitch (a ball) with a curve.

3. To grade (students, for example) on a curve.

[From Middle English, curved, from Latin curvus; see sker- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 6, short for curve ball.]

curv′ed·ness n.

curv′y adj.

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Adj.	1.	curvy - having curves; "a settee with only one curvy end" curvey curved, curving - 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"
	2.	curvy - (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, well-endowed, stacked, voluptuous shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"

curvy

adjective

Having a full, voluptuous figure:

buxom, curvaceous, shapely, well-developed.

Informal: built.

Slang: stacked.

Translations

مُنْحَـنِ

klikatýkřivý

veldrejetvelskabt

gebogen

courbe

görbén

bugîóttur

svinget velskapt

eğri

曲线形的

curvy

[ˈkɜːvɪ] ADJ [line] → curvo; [road etc] → serpentino, con muchas curvas; [figure, woman] → curvilíneo

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curvy

[ˈkɜː^rvi] adj (= curvaceous) [woman, figure] → bien roulé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

curvy

adj (+er) (inf) road, figure → kurvenreich

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curve

(kəːv) noun

1. a line which is not straight at any point, like part of the edge of a circle.

2. anything shaped like this. a curve in the road.

verb

to bend in a curve. The road curves east.

curved adjective

a curved blade.

ˈcurvy adjective

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