curve

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Synonyms: curse, cure, lurve, curvy, carve, corve, curie, curle, cuve, curva, curv

Antonyms: curse, cure, lurve, curvy, carve, corve, curie, curle, cuve, curva, curv

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Bent without [[angles]]; [[crooked]]; [[curved]]. {{C|en|Curves}}

Noun

1. A [[bend#Noun|bend]], such as in a [[road]].
2. A simple figure containing no [[straight]] portions and no [[angle]]s; a [[curved]] [[line]].
3. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to [[normalize]] a right-[[skewed]] grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a [[bell curve]], so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
4. {{lb|en|analytic geometry}} A [[continuous]] [[map]] from a one-[[dimensional]] [[space]] to a multidimensional space.
5. {{lb|en|geometry}} A [[one-dimensional]] [[figure]] of non-[[zero]] [[length]]; the [[graph]] of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
6. {{lb|en|algebraic geometry}} An [[algebraic]] curve; a [[polynomial]] [[relation]] of the planar coordinates.
7. {{lb|en|topology}} A one-dimensional [[continuum]].
8. {{lb|en|informal|usually|in the plural}} The [[attractive]] [[shape]] of one's [[body]], typically of a [[woman]]'s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bend]]; to [[crook]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to swerve from a straight course.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grade on a curve]] ([[bell curve]] of a [[normal distribution]]).
5. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[reject]], to [[turn down]] romantic advances.

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