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35 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• curve adj. (Obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
• curve n. A gentle bend, such as in a road.
• curve n. A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
• curve n. A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade…
• curve n. (Analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
• curve n. (Geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
• curve n. (Algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
• curve n. (Topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
• curve n. (Informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman’s body.
• curve v. (Transitive) To bend; to crook.
• curve v. (Transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
• curve v. (Intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
• curve v. (Transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
• curve v. (Transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Chinese
  • curve n. Curve (grading system) (Classifier: 條／条 c).
  • curve n. (By extension) standards (something used as a measure for comparison) (Classifier: 條／条 c).
• Romanian
  • curve n. Plural of curvă.

— English word, defined in German —

• curve S. Kurve, Biegung.

— English words, defined in French —

• curve adj. (Désuet) Courbe → voir curved.
• curve n. Courbe.
• curve v. Courber.
• curve v. Courber, fléchir.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• curve s. Curva, svolta.

— In Dutch —

• curve n. Kromme lijn.

— In French —

• curve adj. (Québec) (Anglicisme) (Très rare) Courbe.

— In Spanish —

• curve v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de curvar.
• curve v. Tercera persona del singular (ella, él, ello; usted, 2.ª…
• curve v. Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de curvar.
• curvé v. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto…

— In Portuguese —

• curve v. Primeira e terceira pessoa do singular do presente do modo…
• curve v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo curvar.
• curve v. Terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo curvar.

— In Italian —

• curve agg. Femminile plurale di curvo.
• curve s. Femminile plurale di curva.
• curve s. (Scherzoso) rotondità.

98 English words from 17 English definitions

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9 English words from 18 foreign definitions

curva curved del ello perfecto persona Québec rare singular

39 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

afirmativo Anglicisme Biegung Courbe Courber curvar curvo Désuet ella Femminile fléchir imperativo Kromme Kurve lijn modo negativo pessoa plurale presente pretérito pretérito␣perfecto Primeira Primera Primera␣persona rotondità Scherzoso Segunda Segunda␣persona subjuntivo svolta terceira terceira␣pessoa Tercera Tercera␣persona Très usted verbo voir

35 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

curved curves curvet curvets curvedly curvelet curveted curvette curveball curveless curvelets curvesome curveting curvetted curvettes curveballs curved␣edge curvedness curvetings curvetting curveballed curveballer curvettings curveballers curveballing curvelessness curved␣woodrush curve␣deficiency curve␣flattening curve␣flattenings curve␣deficiencies curve-billed␣tinamou curve-billed␣thrasher curve-billed␣tinamous curve-billed␣thrashers

104 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

J-curves J␣curves S-curves decurved excurved incurved incurves recurved recurves uncurved upcurved upcurves epicurves isocurves noncurved outcurved outcurves precurved procurved subcurves aerocurves bean␣curves bell␣curves downcurved duck␣curves Frey␣curves meltcurves recurve␣bow rose␣curves sail␣curves unrecurved Allen␣curves blind␣curves cubic␣curves eigencurves flexicurves hypercurved lightcurves light␣curves Peano␣curves pedal␣curves plane␣curves recurve␣bows retrocurved space␣curves undercurved undercurves yield␣curves Bellcurve␣God Bell-Curve␣God bell␣curve␣god +53 words

105 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

J-curve J␣curve S-curve incurve recurve upcurve epicurve isocurve outcurve subcurve aerocurve bean␣curve bell␣curve duck␣curve Frey␣curve meltcurve Page␣curve Rahn␣curve rose␣curve sail␣curve Allen␣curve blind␣curve cubic␣curve eigencurve Engel␣curve flexicurve lightcurve light␣curve multicurve offer␣curve Peano␣curve pedal␣curve plane␣curve space␣curve undercurve yield␣curve Bézier␣curve closed␣curve demand␣curve de␣Rham␣curve dragon␣curve Fermat␣curve French␣curve Gosper␣curve Jordan␣curve Laffer␣curve Lorenz␣curve radial␣curve single␣curve supply␣curve +55 words

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cur

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ev'r ruc RUC

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

cruve

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

cruive cruves Cuervo culver Culver curved curves curvet cuvier J-curve J␣curve S-curve voceru

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Cerv crue cuer cure Cure ecru écru eruv UVCE

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

carve corve curie Curie curse curva curvy lurve

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

cure Cure

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