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Adjective: curving  kurving
  1. Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
    - curved
Verb: curve  kurv
  1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    - swerve, sheer, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
     
  2. Extend in curves and turns
    - wind[2], twist
     
  3. Form an arch or curve
    "her hips curve nicely"
    - arch, arc
     
  4. Bend or cause to bend
    "the road curved sharply"
    - crook
     
  5. Form a curl, curve, or kink
    - curl, kink

See also: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed, curvature, curvey, curvilineal, curvilinear, curvy, eel-like, falcate, falciform, flexuous, hooked, hooklike, incurvate, incurved, recurvate, recurved, semicircular, serpentine, sickle-shaped, sinuate, sinuous, sinusoidal, snakelike, snaky, upcurved, wiggly

Type of: be, bend, change surface, flex, turn

Encyclopedia: Curve

Curving