curved

«curved» in Mova's school dictionary: Bent in a smooth round shape, not straight and with no… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (curved); verb, past of «curve» (curve, curves, curved, curving)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bent in a smooth round shape, not straight and with no sharp corners. tree →

2) (verb) Moved or bent in a curve. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, shapes can have straight or curved sides or faces: a circle has one curved side, a cylinder has two flat faces and one curved surface, a sphere is all curved. In science, light bends on curved mirrors and lenses. In everyday life, curved roads need slower driving. Phrases: «curved line», «curved surface», «curved edge», «curved around».

examples

• A circle is made of one curved line. tree →
• A cylinder has two flat faces and one curved surface. tree →
• The road curved around the hill. tree →
• The banana is long and curved. tree →
• A rainbow is a curved band of colours. tree →
• Draw a straight line and a curved line. tree →
• The spoon's curved back made my face look funny. tree →
• The river curved through the valley. tree →
• They were swans, and they curved their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shown with dazzling whiteness. tree →

note

The noun and verb is «curve». In maths, a curved surface is not counted as a «face» in some schools — check what your teacher says: a cylinder may be said to have 2 faces and 1 curved surface. Opposite: straight.

In the corpora

• Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.
• Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.
• Raptors held their big curved toe claw off the ground while walking and probably used it to pin down prey, like hawks today.
• Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.
• Floss is slid gently between the teeth and curved around each tooth, because snapping it down hurts the gums.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «curved» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.