curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender
(noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
bend, curve
(noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
curvature, curve
(noun) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
curve
(noun) a line on a graph representing data
curve, curved shape
(noun) the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
curl, curve, kink
(verb) form a curl, curve, or kink; “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; “The car cut to the left at the intersection”; “The motorbike veered to the right”
crook, curve
(verb) bend or cause to bend; “He crooked his index finger”; “the road curved sharply”
arch, curve, arc
(verb) form an arch or curve; “her back arches”; “her hips curve nicely”
wind, twist, curve
(verb) extend in curves and turns; “The road winds around the lake”; “the path twisted through the forest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curve
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
curve (plural curves)
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
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.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
(informal, usually, in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)
(transitive) To bend; to crook.
(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
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Source: Wiktionary
Curve (krv), a. Etym: [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.]
Definition: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
Curve, n. Etym: [See Curve, a., Cirb.]
1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. Axis of a curve. See under Axis.
– Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone.
– Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other perculiarities of a curve from its equation.
– Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.
Curve, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (krvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving.] Etym: [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.]
Definition: To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
Curve, v. i.
Definition: To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
