curving

/K ER1 V IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To bend; to crook.

    โ€œto curve a lineโ€

  2. 2

    To cause to swerve from a straight course.

    โ€œto curve a ball in pitching itโ€

  3. 3

    To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

    โ€œthe road curves to the rightโ€

  4. 4

    To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).

    โ€œThe teacher will curve the test.โ€

  5. 5

    To reject, to turn down romantic advances.

    โ€œI was once curved three times by the same woman.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    A shape or motion that curves.

    โ€œthe curvings of a mountain roadโ€

adjective
  1. 1

    That curves or curve.

    โ€œa curving pathโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curve, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curving