curve in WordNet English dictionary

1. form an arch or curve
   "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
   arch  curve  arc 
   
2. bend or cause to bend
   "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
   crook  curve 
   
3. form a curl, curve, or kink
   "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
   curl  curve  kink 
   
4. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
   swerve  sheer  curve  trend  veer  slue  slew  cut 
   
5. extend in curves and turns
   "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
   wind  twist  curve 
   

1. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
   bend  curve 
   
2. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
   curve  curve ball  breaking ball  bender 
   
3. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
   curvature  curve 
   
4. a line on a graph representing data
   curve 
   
5. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
   curve  curved shape