English-Thai Dictionary

curve

N เส้นโค้ง  ทางโค้ง  แนว โค้ง  bend arch sen-kong

 

curved

ADJ ซึ่ง โค้ง  ที่ มี รูปร่าง โค้ง งอ  rounded sueng-kong

 

curvet

N การ กระโดด โดย การ ยก ขา ของ ม้า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURVE

a.[L., bent, crooked; to bend, turn or wind. ] Bending; crooked; inflected in a regular form, and forming part of a circle; as a curve line, which may be cut by a right line in more points than one. A curve line is that which is neither a straight line, nor composed of straight lines.

 

CURVE

n.A bending in a regular form, or without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; part of a circle. In geometry, a line which may be cut by a right line in more points than one.

 

CURVE

v.t.[L.] To bend; to crook; to inflect.

 

CURVED

pp. Bent; regularly inflected.

 

CURVET

n. 1. In the manege, a particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at one, equally advanced, and as his fore legs are falling, he raises his hind legs, so that all his lets are raised at once.
2. A prank; a frolic.

 

CURVET

v.i. 1. To leap; to bound; to spring and form a curvet.
2. To leap and frisk.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURVE

Curve (krv ), a. Etym: [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.]

 

Defn: Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

 

CURVE

Curve, n. Etym: [See Curve, a., Cirb.]

 

1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. Axis of a curve. See under Axis. -- Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone. -- Curve tracing (Math. ), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other perculiarities of a curve from its equation. -- Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.

 

CURVE

Curve, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (krvd ); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving. ]Etym: [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

CURVE

CURVE Curve, v. i.

 

Defn: To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

 

CURVEDNESS

CURVEDNESS Curv "ed *ness (-d-ns ), n.

 

Defn: The state of being curved.

 

CURVET

Cur "vet (kr "vt or kr-vt "; 277 ), n. Etym: [OE. corvet, It. corvetta:cf. F. courbette. See Curve, and cf. Corvetto. ]

 

1. (Man. )

 

Defn: A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.

 

2. A prank; a frolic.

 

CURVET

Cur "vet, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Curveted or -vetted; p.pr. & vb. n.Curveting or -vetting.] Etym: [Cf. It. corvettare. See Curvet, n.]

 

1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet. " Drayton.

 

2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. Shak.

 

CURVET

CURVET Cur "vet, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to curvet. Landor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

curve

curve |kərv kərv | ▶noun a line or outline that gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length: the parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve. • a place where a road deviates from a straight path: the vehicle rounded a curve. • (curves ) a curving contour of a woman's figure. • a line on a graph (whether straight or curved ) showing how one quantity varies with respect to another: the population curve. • a system in which grades are assigned to students based on their performance relative to other students, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject: grades were marked on a curve. • Baseball another term for curveball. ▶verb form or cause to form a curve: [ no obj. ] : her mouth curved in a smile | [ with obj. ] : starting with arms outstretched, curve the body sideways. PHRASES ahead of (or behind ) the curve (esp. of a business or politician ) ahead of (or lagging behind ) current thinking or trends. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin curvare ‘to bend, ’ from curvus ‘bent. ’ The noun dates from the late 17th cent.

 

curveball

curve ball |ˈkərvˌbôl ˈkərvbɔl | ▶noun Baseball a ball that is pitched with a snap of the wrist and a strong downward spin, which causes the ball to drop suddenly and deceptively veer away from home plate.

 

curved

curved |kərvd kɜːrvd | ▶adjective having the form of a curve; bent: birds with long curved bills.

 

curvet

cur vet |kərˈvet kərˈvɛt | ▶verb ( curvets, curvetting, curvetted or curvets, curveting, curveted ) [ no obj. ] (of a horse ) leap gracefully or energetically. ▶noun a graceful or energetic leap. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve, ’ from Latin curvus ‘bent. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

curve

curve |kəːv | ▶noun a line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length: the parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve. • N. Amer. a place where a road deviates from a straight path: the vehicle rounded a curve. • (curves ) a curving contour of a woman's figure. • a line on a graph (whether straight or curved ) showing how one quantity varies with respect to another: the population curve. • (also curve ball ) Baseball a delivery in which the pitcher causes the ball to deviate from a straight path by imparting spin. ▶verb form or cause to form a curve: [ no obj. ] : her mouth curved in a smile | [ with obj. ] : starting with arms outstretched, curve the body sideways. PHRASES ahead of (or behind ) the curve (especially of a business or politician ) ahead of (or lagging behind ) current thinking or trends: we are continually looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve and provide added value to our consumers. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin curvare ‘to bend ’, from curvus ‘bent ’. The noun dates from the late 17th cent.

 

curveball

curve ball |ˈkərvˌbôl ˈkərvbɔl | ▶noun Baseball a ball that is pitched with a snap of the wrist and a strong downward spin, which causes the ball to drop suddenly and deceptively veer away from home plate.

 

curved

curved |kəːvd | ▶adjective having the form of a curve; bent: birds with long curved bills.

 

curvet

curvet |kəːˈvɛt | ▶verb ( curvets, curvetting, curvetted or curvets, curveting, curveted ) [ no obj. ] (of a horse ) perform a courbette. • leap gracefully or energetically. ▶noun a graceful or energetic leap. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve ’, from Latin curvus ‘bent ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

curve

curve noun the serpentine curves of the river: bend, turn, loop, curl, twist, hook; arc, arch, bow, undulation, curvature, meander. ▶verb the road curved back on itself: bend, turn, loop, wind, meander, undulate, snake, spiral, twist, coil, curl; arc, arch.

 

curved

curved adjective use a large curved needle for the upholstery: bent, arched, bowed, crescent, curving, wavy, sinuous, serpentine, meandering, undulating, curvilinear, curvy. ANTONYMS straight.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

curve

curve noun the serpentine curves of the river: bend, turn, loop, curl, twist, hook; arch, bow, half-moon; corner, dog-leg, oxbow; bulge, swell, curvature, camber; undulation, meander; Brit. hairpin bend, hairpin turn; technical flexure, trajectory, inflection; rare incurvation. ▶verb the road dipped steeply and then curved back on itself: bend, turn, loop, wind, meander, undulate, snake, spiral, twist, coil, curl; arc, arch, bow; bulge, swell; technical inflect; rare incurve.

 

curved

curved adjective bent, arched, bowed, crescent, curving, wavy, twisted, twisty, sinuous, serpentine, meandering, undulating, curvilinear, curvy; vaulted, rounded, concave, convex, domed, humped; hooked, aquiline; technical arcuate, falcate, falciform, circumflex, flexural; literary embowed; rare curviform. ANTONYMS straight.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

curve

curve /kəː r v /〖原義は 動詞 「曲げる 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 曲線 , 曲面 , 湾曲 (部 )▸ in a gentle [graceful ] curve ゆるやかな [優美な ]曲線を描いて ▸ draw a curve 曲線を描く 2 ｟主に米 ｠(道路 河川などの )カーブ , 曲がり , 湾曲部 ▸ take the first curve of the road 最初のカーブを曲がる ▸ The curve gets steeper .カーブがきつくなる 3 〘数 〙曲線図表 [グラフ ]; ｟比喩的に ｠(売り上げ 利益などの )上昇 ▸ Sales are on a growth curve .売り上げは上昇中である .4 ｟米 ｠〘野球 〙カーブ (curve ball ).5 〘教育 〙カーブ [相対 ]評価 ▸ on a curve 相対評価で .6 〖～s 〗女性の曲線美 .thr ò w A a c ú rve (b à ll )｟米 ｠1 A 〈打者 〉にカーブを投げる .2 ｟くだけて ｠(難しい質問などで )A 〈人 〉の意表を突く, A 〈人 〉を驚かす .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; curving 他動詞 1 〈人 物が 〉〈物 〉を曲げる , 湾曲 [カーブ ]させる .2 〘スポーツ 〙〈ボール 〉をカーブさせる ; 〈打者 〉にカーブを投げる .3 〈学生 成績 〉を相対評価で採点する .自動詞 〈物が 〉曲がる , カーブする ; 曲線を描く ▸ The road curved around the beach .その道路は海岸に沿ってカーブしていた .

 

curved

curved 形容詞 曲がった, カーブした 〈道など 〉; 湾曲した .