curved
Bent without angles
Curved describes something that bends or arcs rather than following a straight line.
A curved path winds through the garden.
A curved blade has an arc to it.
The word applies to anything with a smooth, continuous bend—from curved glass to curved hips.
As the past tense of curve, it describes the action of bending: The road curved sharply left.
Curved sickle-like arc
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- parabolaSymmetrical open plane curve
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- bowRespectful forward inclination
semicircle · archway · vault · halo · corona · boomerang · orbit · ellipse
Arm's middle joint
hairpin · meander · switchback · oxbow · serpentine · winding · sinuous · tortuous
Filled-in outline shape
- profileSide-facing outline
- outlineSummary of key elements
- formShape or document
- figureOutline or numeral
hourglass · voluptuous · shapely · undulating · flowing · streamlined · aerodynamic · sculpted
Moving in waves
- rippledMoved in undulations
- wavyHaving gentle curves
- sinusoidalWave-patterned, mathematically regular
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
billowing · scalloped · ruffled · corrugated · crimped · oscillating · wavelike · serpentine
crescent
Curved sickle-like arc
- rainbowRefracted light arc
- parabolaSymmetrical open plane curve
- trajectoryPath of moving object
bow · semicircle · archway · vault · halo · corona · boomerang · orbit · ellipse · camber
elbow
Arm's middle joint
dogleg · hairpin · meander · switchback · oxbow · serpentine · winding · sinuous · tortuous · meandering
silhouette
Filled-in outline shape
figure · hourglass · voluptuous · shapely · undulating · flowing · streamlined · aerodynamic · sculpted · molded
undulating
Moving in waves
- rippledMoved in undulations
- wavyHaving gentle curves
- sinusoidalWave-patterned, mathematically regular
rolling · billowing · scalloped · ruffled · corrugated · crimped · oscillating · wavelike · serpentine · flowing
helix
Spiraling three-dimensional curve
volute · scroll · tendril · nautilus · cochlea · curlicue · ringlet · fiddlehead · snail · ammonite
- body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
- Building Adjectivesangular, arched, columned, domed, vaulted
- linesstraight line, line, dotted line, dashed line, solid line
- Eyebrowsarched, bushy, thick, thin, natural
- horn shapesspiral, twisted, straight, crescent, corkscrew
- towel railwall mounted, freestanding, electric, straight, double bar
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- learning curveRate of skill acquisition
- curve ballPitch with spin-induced arc
- curved bladesWeapons bent along length
- blind curvesTurns with blocked sightlines
- bell curveNormal distribution's shape
curve, curvy, curves, curving, curvature, curvilinear, incurve, incurved, uncurved