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  1. 1. a. Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a line on a graph representing data Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. extend in curves and turns Source: wordnet

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