Antonym: straight. Similar words: curve, ayurveda, laffer curve, purvey, survey, curvy, surveyor, carved. Meaning: [-vd] adj. having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
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91 Economically, thinner ply is preferable, but needs strengthening to prevent curved steps.
92 Shape curved arms from fondant icing and position, tucking them under the head slightly to raise it up.
93 Cast-iron columns and a curved rib framework support the conical roof which has a diameter of 180 feet.
94 It was slightly curved at the end like a large claw.
95 His almost bare chest and the high, curved horns he wears accentuate his height and his slender build.
96 Her long, graceful neck curved into the round, firm line of her bodice.
97 His mouth curved in amusement, but his narrowed gaze was thoughtful, as though her observations had surprised him.
98 That is to say the curved members, such as ribs, were built up of naturally curving wood, chosen to have the right shape.
99 Perhaps this is why straight lines do not suggest movement along their length as effectively as slightly curved ones.
100 This suggests an unambiguous procedure for transporting a local vector across curved space time.
101 Her ambitious hairdo curved and swirled like a Henry Moore sculpture.
102 Application of the strong equivalence principle provides the basis for a definition of parallel transport in curved space time.
103 The Cartesian coordinates which result from this transformation describe a space which is tangential to the curved space at the point selected.
104 Hurricane Gustav curved away from the Caribbean Islands and headed toward open ocean.
105 Waves of lacquer black hair curved above their brown faces.
106 In front of the grate was a tall electric fire with artificial coals,[www.Sentencedict.com] a high curved back and a triple set of burners.
107 Riemann, who was a student of Gauss, initiated the analysis of curved spaces with more than two dimensions in 1846.
108 As Discovery curved still closer toward Saturn, the Sun slowly descended toward the multiple arches of the rings.
109 Stairs of dark wood curved up from the hall, and the old treads creaked under their combined weight.
110 The entrance is formed by two curved rows of large stones.
111 The adoral shields are slightly curved large and occupying a large portion of the jaw proximal to the oral shield.
112 Seated, she put out one foot like a dancer, instep curved forward.
113 After ten minutes the road curved west and dipped down into a shallow ravine.
114 Fig 1: Three types of crampon points - a curved lobster claw b general purpose c straight lobster claw.
115 A black feather boa, perhaps bought for the Black Ascot, curved lavishly round to cancel any suggestion of nakedness.
116 Gradually, reluctantly, his own lips curved, and then his eyes joined in, twinkling like glimmering black pools.
117 Thick metal cables curved up from that helmet into the ducted roof as though the man had sprouted banded antlers.
118 The overall curved profile of this goggle is refreshingly different too.
119 Her lips curved in amusement and Roman asked if he could share the joke.
120 High above, curved oak, spruce and chestnut grew beside giant magnolias.