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   Curve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curved (kûrvd); 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”.
   
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   curved adj.
   1.  not straight; having or marked by curves.  Opposite of straight. [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.
   
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   2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule.  Opposite of orthotropous.
   
   Syn. -- campylotropous.
   
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