arced
Followed rainbow's shape
Arced is the past tense of arc—to move in a curved path or form a curved shape.
A ball arcs through the air; lightning arcs across the sky; a story arcs toward its conclusion.
The missile arced over the horizon.
Her career arced from obscurity to fame.
Also spelled arcked, though arced predominates.
Smoothly bent, not angular
- bowedCurved or bent over
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- camberedCurved upward centrally
convex · concave · curvilinear · semicircular · rounded · swooped · hooked · looped
Cleaned with bristles
- swungMoved in curve
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- soaredFlew or rose dramatically
- tracedFollowed back to origin
looped · swooped · veered · careened · sailed · streaked · glided · whipped
Symmetrical open plane curve
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- thrownPropelled by arm
- lobbedThrew in arc
launched · hurled · flung · catapulted · trajectory · flight path · apex · descent
Symmetrical open plane curve
- ellipseConic section curve
- circleCurved closed shape
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- tangentLine touching curve once
chord · radius · sector · segment · circumference · degree · radian · subtended
Curved celestial path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- planetaryOf or relating to worlds
comet · meteor · spacecraft · lunar · solar · Kepler · orbital · apogee
curved
Smoothly bent, not angular
cambered · convex · concave · curvilinear · semicircular · rounded · swooped · hooked · looped · sweeping
swept
Cleaned with bristles
traced · looped · swooped · veered · careened · sailed · streaked · glided · whipped · sliced
parabola
Symmetrical open plane curve
- projectileLaunched airborne object
- ballisticOf hurled objects
- thrownPropelled by arm
lobbed · launched · hurled · flung · catapulted · trajectory · flight path · apex · descent · ascent
parabola
Symmetrical open plane curve
tangent · chord · radius · sector · segment · circumference · degree · radian · subtended · inscribed
orbit
Curved celestial path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
planetary · comet · meteor · spacecraft · lunar · solar · Kepler · orbital · apogee · perigee
spark
Tiny fiery particle
electrode · current · voltage · flash · zap · ionized · Tesla coil · Jacob's ladder · lightning · jump
arcedstraight
Not curved or crooked
linear · direct · straightaway · unbent · rectilinear
- redemption arcNarrative journey toward atonement
- Gateway ArchCatenary-shaped memorial in Missouri
- arc lightElectrical discharge illumination
- triumphal archMonument celebrating conquest
- Joan of ArcMedieval French military saint
- arch enemyPrincipal, persistent adversary
arc, arch, arched, arcs, archway, arching, archer, archery, arcing