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cuar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
  • curved adj Having a smooth bend rather than straight lines or sharp angles.

Senses

cuar is used for these senses in English:

  • catenary (nautical) The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
  • curve (transitive) To bend; to crook.
  • curve (intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
  • curved Having a curve or curves; curving.

curve — full definition

  1. noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
  2. verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
  3. noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.

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