curved

curved
    adj 1: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend;
           "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips
           suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: {curved},
           {curving}] [ant: {straight}]
    

Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k[^u]rvd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a.,
   {Curb}.]
   To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to
   cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball
   in pitching it.
   [1913 Webster]
    

curved \curved\ adj.
   1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
      {straight}.

   Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
         arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle-shaped}; {flexuous};
         {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate};
         {semicircular}: {serpentine, snaky}: {sinuate, sinuous,
         wavy}: {sinusoidal}]

   Syn: curving.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
      touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
      {orthotropous}.

   Syn: campylotropous.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "curved":
      arched, arciform, bending, bent, billowing, billowy, bowed,
      curvaceous, curvate, curvated, curve, curvesome, curviform,
      curvilineal, curvilinear, curving, curvy, embowed, excurved,
      geosynclinal, incurvate, incurvated, incurved, incurving,
      labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, recurvate, recurvated, recurved,
      recurving, round, rounded, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted,
      twisting, undulant, wavy