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curve noun 1 a line no part of which is straight, or a surface no part of which is flat, eg part of a circle or sphere. 2 any smoothly arched line or shape, like part of a circle or sphere. 3 (curves) colloq the rounded contours and shapes of a woman's body. 4 any line representing measurable data, eg birth-rate on a graph. 5 math any line (including a straight line) representing a series of points whose co-ordinates satisfy a particular equation. verb (curved, curving) tr & intr to form or form into a curve; to move in a curve.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin curvare, from curvus crooked.
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