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curved (mass) | curved
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curved (encz) | curved,zakřivený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Curved (gcide) | Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
Curb.]
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
in pitching it.
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curved (gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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curved (wn) | curved
adj 1: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;
"the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips
suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: curved,
curving] [ant: straight] |
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curved shape (encz) | curved shape, n: |
decurved (encz) | decurved, adj: |
incurved (encz) | incurved, adj: |
recurved (encz) | recurved, adj: |
uncurved (encz) | uncurved, adj: |
upcurved (encz) | upcurved, adj: |
Curved (gcide) | Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a.,
Curb.]
To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
in pitching it.
[1913 Webster]curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Curvedness (gcide) | Curvedness \Curv"ed*ness\ (-?d-n?s), n.
The state of being curved.
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incurvate incurved (gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Incurved (gcide) | Incurve \In*curve"\ ([i^]n*k[^u]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incurved ([i^]n*k[^u]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving.]
[See Incurvate.]
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
[1913 Webster]Incurved \In*curved"\ ([i^]n*k[^u]vd"), a. [Pref. in- in +
curved.] (Bot.)
Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or
petals.
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Recurved (gcide) | Recurved \Re*curved"\ (r?*k?rvd"), a.
Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a
bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
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recurved recurvate (gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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To develop a curved surface on a plane (gcide) | Develop \De*vel"op\ (d[-e]*v[e^]l"[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Developed; p. pr. & vb. n. Developing.] [F. d['e]veloper;
d['e]- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh.
from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to
make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug
(cf. Voluptuous); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere,
volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop.] [Written
also develope.]
1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to
lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or
known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to
develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
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These serve to develop its tenets. --Milner.
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The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and
developing the line of the enemy. --The Century.
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2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to
bring through a succession of states or stages, each of
which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a
process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an
embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of
being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a
flower; to develop the mind.
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The sound developed itself into a real compound.
--J. Peile.
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All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before
the wings are fully developed. --Owen.
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3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase;
to promote the growth of.
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We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
--Jowett
(Thucyd).
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4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic
expression, by executing certain indicated operations
without changing the value.
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5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or
latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical
agents; to bring to view.
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To develop a curved surface on a plane (Geom.), to produce
on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the
curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch
the plane.
Syn: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open;
disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.
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curved shape (wn) | curved shape
n 1: the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
[syn: curve, curved shape] [ant: straight line] |
decurved (wn) | decurved
adj 1: bent down or curved downward; "the decurved bill of a
curlew" |
incurved (wn) | incurved
adj 1: bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate,
incurved] |
recurved (wn) | recurved
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
uncurved (wn) | uncurved
adj 1: having no curves [syn: uncurved, uncurving] |
upcurved (wn) | upcurved
adj 1: curving upward |
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