incurving
Bowing toward center
Incurving describes something that curves inward, bending toward a center point or axis.
The word appears most often as a present participle or adjective: the incurving horns of a ram, an incurving coastline.
In baseball, an incurving pitch breaks toward the batter.
Curving inward, not outward
basin · depression · scoop · cavity · indentation · recess · crater · trough
Surround on all sides
- enfoldWrap something completely
- envelopSurround and cover fully
- encompassInclude within bounds
- surroundEnclose on every side
wrap · cocoon · nestle · cup · cradle · contain · embrace · shroud
Looping around repeatedly
- curlingForming curved shapes
- whorledSpiral-patterned in form
- helicalShaped like a coil
- spiraledMoved in helix
voluted · involute · tendril · scrolled · convoluted · sinuous · corkscrew · nautilus
concave
Curving inward, not outward
hollow · basin · depression · scoop · cavity · indentation · recess · crater · trough · cupped
encircle
Surround on all sides
surround · wrap · cocoon · nestle · cup · cradle · contain · embrace · shroud · swaddle
coiling
Looping around repeatedly
spiraled · voluted · involute · tendril · scrolled · convoluted · sinuous · corkscrew · nautilus · unfurling
pleating
Creating uniform fabric folds
plication · plait · flexure · corrugation · crimp · gather · ruffle · accordion-fold · creasing · tucking
hunching
Rounding the back forward
rounding · slouching · bowing · ducking · contracting · withdrawing · shrinking · recoiling
curve, curving, curvature, curvaceous, curvilinear, incurve, incurved, recurved, recurves