/kɜːv/
noun
A gentle bend, such as in a road.A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.A one-dimensional continuum.(usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.verb
To bend; to crook.To cause to swerve from a straight course.To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).To reject, to turn down romantic advances.adjective
Bent without angles; crooked; curved.