Reverse Dictionary: CURVE

ADJECTIVES
► BOWSIE curved like a bow → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CRUMPED curved, crooked → 1480 obs.
► CURBED curved, bent, bowed → a1500 obs.
► CURVACIOUS curved → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CURVAL curved, characterized by curvature → 1730
► CURVATE curved → a1425
► CURVATED curved → 1598
► CURVIFEROUS curved → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CURVOUS curved, having curves; crooked → 1661
► CURVULAR curved → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CURVULATE slightly curved → 1887
► QUICK of a curve, turn, etc.: sharp → 1725
► ROACHED curved upward → 1776 US
► SINUOUS curving; abounding in turns, or curves → 1578
► UNCOUS curved, hooked → 1658

NOUNS
► ARCUATION a curving into the shape of an arch → 1696 
► BENT 1. a piece bent into a curve; a bow → 1521 obs.
2. a curved part, a bend, a crook → 1572
► BIGHT a curve in the animal or human body → 1691 Eng. dial.
► BOUGHT a curve → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUL anything curved → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CRANKLE a curve or angular prominence → 1598
► CURB a curve, an arc → 1601 obs.
► CURBING curving, curvature → 1601 obs.
► CURVITY a being curved or bent; curvedness; also, a curve → a1425
► JUG-HANDLE CORNER a sharp curve → 1948 Amer. dial.
► RAINBOW something that is curved or crooked → 1938 Amer. dial.
► RAMP a curve → 1892 Eng. dial.
► RUNDLE a curve, coil, spiral → 1565 obs.
► SINUOSITY a curve or bend, esp. one of a series; chiefly used in the plural → 1720

VERBS
► ADUNCATE to curve inward → 1823
► ARCUATE to curve like a bow → 1678
► CRALL to curve, to bend, to twist, to curl → a1475 obs.
► CROOK to curve; to bend into an angular form → c1175
► CRUMB to make curved; to crook, to bend → c1490 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CURVIFY to become curved or bent → 1599 obs.
► DECURVE to curve or bend down → 1835