curve Definition

curve
noun

1. A line no part of which is straight, or a surface no part of which is flat, eg part of a circle or sphere.

Thesaurus: arc, bend, curvature, trajectory.
2. Any smoothly arched line or shape, like part of a circle or sphere.
3. colloq
The rounded contours and shapes of a woman's body.
Form: curves
4. Any line representing measurable data, eg birth-rate on a graph.
5. math.
Any line (including a straight line) representing a series of points whose co-ordinates satisfy a particular equation.

verb

tr & intr
curved, curving
1. To form or form into a curve; to move in a curve.

Thesaurus: arch, twist, wind, spiral, swerve, hook, turn.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin curvare, from curvus crooked.