curvedcurved /kɜːvd $ kɜːrvd/ ●●○ adjective 
Examples
a curved wall
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- An airplane wing is curved on top and flat on the bottom.
- Shaving mirrors are slightly curved in order to magnify the image.
- The bird uses its long curved bill to dig out worms and small insects.
- The entrance is formed by two curved rows of large stones.
- The knife had a heavy curved blade.
- The temple's roof is curved, in the Thai style.
- A crossing of curved lines softens the hypnotic.
- Economically, thinner ply is preferable, but needs strengthening to prevent curved steps.
- He had a cruel, clever, merciless face, with a big curved nose and very bright, hard eyes.
- His almost bare chest and the high, curved horns he wears accentuate his height and his slender build.
- The floodwater, carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.
- The girl's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice.
- The stone interior of the church held darkness as a curved shell holds water.
- The ventralmost arm spine may be curved or sabre shaped.
THESAURUS► bent
Collocations no longer straight: · The knife was bent in the middle.· a bent nail· She kept her head bent so that Josie couldn’t see her face.
► twisted having a bent shape that turns around – used especially when something has been damaged or is old and has lost its natural straight shape: · a twisted tree trunk· All that was left was a pile of twisted metal.· His knee was all twisted.· a twisted ankle
► curved bent in the shape of part of a circle, especially naturally or because something has been made that way: · The bird has a long curved bill.· a curved dagger· The plane’s wings are curved.
► warped bent or twisted into the wrong shape because of heat or dryness: · warped floorboards· The windows are warped and won’t open anymore.
► crooked not straight, but bending sharply in one or more places, especially in a way that looks different from normal or does not look right – often used about a part of someone’s body, a path, or a picture: · He had crooked teeth.· her crooked nose and long thin face· The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine.· The picture looks crooked - can you move it up on the left?· a crooked path· the narrow crooked streets of the financial district
► wavy having smooth bends in it, usually in a regular pattern – used about hair or lines: · her brown wavy hair· The pictures were separated by a thin wavy line.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is not straight► bent something that is bent has lost its original shape and is not flat or straight: · The nail was bent.· How did this spoon get bent?· The hinge was bent and the lid wouldn't shut properly.· Stand with your legs slightly bent.
► twisted something that is twisted has been bent in many directions so that it has lost its original shape and may be impossible to recognize: · Pieces of twisted metal and rusted pipe lay scattered around the yard.· Investigators sifted through the twisted wreckage of the plane.
► warped a wooden object that is warped has bent and twisted because of heat or dryness, so that it is no longer flat or straight: · The window frames on the front of the house were badly warped.· An old man was sweeping the warped boards of the front porch.
► curved something that is curved has a long, smooth bend in it, usually because it has been made that way: · The knife had a heavy curved blade.· The temple's roof is curved, in the Thai style.· An airplane wing is curved on top and flat on the bottom.
► crooked something such as a line, row, pipe, or tree that is crooked is not straight but bends sharply in one or more places: · Smoke rose out of the crooked chimney.· They moved down the narrow crooked streets of the old town.
► wavy a line or edge that is wavy has smooth bends in it in a regular pattern: · A series of wavy lines appeared on the video monitor.· The flag's stripes are wavy and alternate in color.
► wiggly a wiggly line is one that has a lot of small curves in it: · She wrote with large wiggly letters.
with curved or slightly round sides► curved neither straight nor completely round: · The entrance is formed by two curved rows of large stones.· The bird uses its long curved bill to dig out worms and small insects.· Shaving mirrors are slightly curved in order to magnify the image.
► rounded a rounded surface does not have any sharp edges or points: · The knife had a rounded wooden handle.· Her nails were perfectly rounded and painted with delicate pink nail-polish.· The blocks have rounded edges that are safer for small children.
WORD SETS► Shapes/Patternsarabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► lines
having a shape that is like a curve and not straight: · My father thinks they should be in curved lines.· A crossing of curved lines softens the hypnotic.· They show up as curved lines on a photographic film.· Even at that resolution and that many dots, curved lines can appear jagged, albeit under a magnifying glass.· A group of too many curved lines, without the structural rigidity of straights, tends to become sweet and sentimental.
► member· After gluing, the curved members were cut to shape on the band saw then finished with the spokeshave.· That is to say the curved members, such as ribs, were built up of naturally curving wood, chosen to have the right shape.
► space· One has to specify what class of possible curved spaces should be included in the sum over histories.· The Cartesian coordinates which result from this transformation describe a space which is tangential to the curved space at the point selected.· Application of the strong equivalence principle provides the basis for a definition of parallel transport in curved space time.· An equivalent view of this effect is that the result of parallel transport in a curved space depends on the path taken.· This suggests an unambiguous procedure for transporting a local vector across curved space time.· This class consisted of curved spaces without singularities, which were of finite size but which did not have boundaries or edges.· Riemann, who was a student of Gauss, initiated the analysis of curved spaces with more than two dimensions in 1846.· The situation is very different in a homogeneous, isotropic, curved space with K negative.
► surface· It is worth recalling that in Section 3.3 the analogous question was addressed for transport over a curved surface.· The shortest paths joining points a finite distance apart on a curved surface are generally not simple straight lines.· The backing can be cut to give the shape you want and can also be used around a curved surface.· Upon me rested heavy cold weights and under me was a smooth, curved surface like the bottom of a gargantuan test-tube.· Straight lines, in the usual sense, can not be drawn on curved surfaces or in curved spaces.
a curved wall