curve
noun
a continuously bending line, without angles.
curved
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past participleof curve.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof curve.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
curvenouna continuously bending line, without angles.
Example Sentences
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Rather than relying primarily on massive jaws, megaraptorans had relatively narrow skulls, powerful arms, and huge curved claws that helped them seize their prey.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The high, flared wheel arches, the tall, curved roof and the eye-like headlights are all reminders of the original "deux chevaux" or "two horses".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Its Bauhaus-inspired headquarters features a curved front resembling a camera lens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The non-fisherwoman is also brandishing a crooked staff, curved at the top like a wooden candy cane.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
