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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#m1)

2) (verb) Moved or bent in a curve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x1)
- A cylinder has two flat faces and one curved surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x2)
- The road curved around the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x3)
- The banana is long and curved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x4)
- A rainbow is a curved band of colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x5)
- Draw a straight line and a curved line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x6)
- The spoon's curved back made my face look funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x7)
- The river curved through the valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x8)
- They were swans, and they curved their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shown with dazzling whiteness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/0/)
- [Long curved claws hook over branches, so a sloth can hang upside down for hours, even asleep, without tiring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/142-zootopia-real-sloths-shrews-predators-and-prey/6/)
- [Raptors held their big curved toe claw off the ground while walking and probably used it to pin down prey, like hawks today.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/7/)
- [Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/8/)
- [Floss is slid gently between the teeth and curved around each tooth, because snapping it down hurts the gums.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curved» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curved/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.