v. Simple past tense and past participle of curve.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight.
adj. curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous.
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adj. having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
Word Usage
"Words like bjúgaldin, a banana, which literally translates as curved fruit are examples of purisms that are laughed at, but what most people don't know is that in some Bantu languages in Africa the first element of the word banana means curved'."