<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A continuously bending line, without angles.</li><li>The act or extent of curving.</li><li>Any curved outline, form, thing, or part.</li><li>A curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc.</li><li>A curved section of track in railroads.</li><li>A graphic representation of variations effected in something by changing conditions; graph.</li><li>A collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable.</li><li>A misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception.</li><li>A grading system based on performance so that those performing better relative to others in the group receive high grades.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve.</li><li>To grade on a curve.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To bend in a curve; take the course of a curve.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Having the shape of a curve; curved.</li></ul>