verb
- Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
- usage: "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
- Extend in curves and turns.
- usage: "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
- Form an arch or curve.
- usage: "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
- Bend or cause to bend.
- usage: "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
- Form a curl, curve, or kink.
- usage: "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
adjective
- Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
- usage: "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
- synonyms: curved
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