different between noose vs curve

English

Alternative forms

• nooze (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot.

Pronunciation

• enPR: noo?s, IPA^(key): /nu?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Derived terms

• hangman's noose

Translations

Verb

noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)

1. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Anagrams

• osone, soone

Middle English

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. Alternative form of nose

English

Etymology

From Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). Doublet of curb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??v/, [?k???v]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?v/, [?k??v]
• Rhymes: -??(?)v

Adjective

curve

1. (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.

Translations

Noun

curve (plural curves)

1. A gentle bend, such as in a road.

2. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.

3. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

4. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
5. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
6. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
7. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
8. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

curve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved)

1. (transitive) To bend; to crook.

2. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.

3. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

4. (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

5. (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

Translations

Anagrams

• cruve

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?r.v?/
• Hyphenation: cur?ve

Noun

curve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n)

1. curve: curved line

   Synonym: kromme

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

curve

1. feminine plural of curvo

Noun

curve f

1. plural of curva

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kur.u?e/, [?k?ru??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kur.ve/, [?kurv?]

Adjective

curve

1. vocative masculine singular of curvus

Portuguese

Verb

curve

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of curvar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of curvar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of curvar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of curvar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kurve]

Noun

curve f

1. plural of curv?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku?be/, [?ku?.??e]

Verb

curve

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of curvar.