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Adjective: incurvate  'in,kur,veyt or in'kur,veyt
  1. Bent into or having an inward curve
    "Nearly all hairy chrysanthemums are of the Japanese incurvate type";
    - incurved
Verb: incurvate  'in,kur,veyt or in'kur,veyt
  1. Bend inwards
    "The body incurvates a little at the back"
     
  2. Cause to curve inward
    "gravity incurvates the rays"

Derived forms: incurvated, incurvates, incurvating

See also: curved, curving

Type of: bend, deform, flex, turn, twist