curved, curving
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curving
present participle of curve
curving (plural curvings)
A shape or motion that curves.
curving (comparative more curving, superlative most curving)
That curves or curve.
a curving path
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
