curve

1. (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.analytic

2. (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

3. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.

4. (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.

5. (informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.informalplural-normally

1. (transitive) To bend; to crook.Examples: "to curve a line"; "to curve a pipe"transitive

2. (transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.Examples: "to curve a ball in pitching it"transitive

3. (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.Examples: "the road curves to the right"; "[…] the shoulders not too wide above, bowing outward from the top to the breast; the back flat from shoulder to tail; the ribs extending horizontally and backwards, and then curving down barrelwise; […]"; "Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula."intransitive

4. (transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).Examples: "The teacher will curve the test."transitive

5. (transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.Examples: "I was once curved three times by the same woman."transitive