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English

Noun

snowshed (plural snowsheds)

1. Alternative form of snow shed

Anagrams

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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.