Antonyms for curve
kɜrvcurve

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1. curve

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. curveverb

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend, rectilineate

   Synonyms:
   incurve, bend, inflex, falcate, arcuate

2. curvenoun

   Antonyms:
   rigidity, inelasticity, inflexibility, rectilinearity

   Synonyms:
   incurvation, flexion, deflexion

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Change Surface
   • Line
   • Pitch
   • Shape

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1. curve, curved shapenoun

   the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

2. curvenoun

   a line on a graph representing data

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

3. curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bendernoun

   a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   booze-up, toot, bender, carousal, carouse, curvature, bend, curve ball, curved shape, breaking ball

4. curvature, curvenoun

   the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bender, bend, curved shape, breaking ball, curvature, curve ball

5. bend, curveverb

   curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   turn, flexure, plication, breaking ball, twist, bend, bend dexter, crease, curvature, crimp, bending, fold, bender, crook, curve ball, curved shape

6. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutverb

   turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   foreshorten, veer, bring down, wind, turn off, edit out, arch, twist, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, kink, cut, rationalize, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, crook, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, arc, contract, burn, dilute, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, turn out, snub, slue, slide, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, curl, slip, skid

7. wind, twist, curveverb

   extend in curves and turns

   "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, nose, meander, hoist, thread, arch, twist, veer, rick, kink, worm, roll, lift, flex, convolute, writhe, scent, wrench, wind up, wrap, turn, sheer, wander, sophisticate, trend, sprain, swerve, slew, twist around, twine, distort, wrestle, wreathe, arc, squirm, slue, crook, weave, pervert, curl, cut

8. arch, curve, arcverb

   form an arch or curve

   "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

9. crook, curveverb

   bend or cause to bend

   "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

   Antonyms:
   straight line

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, arch, swerve

10. curl, curve, kinkverb

    form a curl, curve, or kink

    "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

    Antonyms:
    straight line

    Synonyms:
    wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

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1. curveverb

   Synonyms:
   bend, crook, turn, inflect, deflect, deviate, wind

How to use curve in a sentence?

1. Ellen Williams:

   What Musk has done that is creative and important is drive the learning curve. He's decided to take an existing, pretty powerful battery technology and start producing it on a very large scale, but it's not technology innovation in the sense of creating new ways of doing it. We are pretty well convinced that some of our technologies have the potential to be significantly better.

2. Arnoud Balhuizen:

   By the end of this year, there will be additional iron ore coming from Australia, from Brazil, our expectation is that the iron ore market cost curve will continue to flatten and continue to come under pressure.

3. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Theology I would say can be described as the trajectory of the sacred parabola, where faith ascends into the cosmic heights and descends into the depths of existential contemplation. In this divine curve, each theological reflection becomes a celestial arc, tracing the path of faith's ascent and the graceful descent into the mysteries of the divine.

4. Gerd Gotz:

   When you come to a footprint-based regulation you really bring down the CO2 curve in both weight and engine efficiency.

5. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   Were doing everything to flatten the curve, i dont think we are going to be able to flatten the curve enough to meet the capacity of the health care system.

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