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curve

/kɚv/ verbe C2

En français : courber

  1. To bend; to crook. (transitive) · to curve a line· to curve a pipe
  2. To cause to swerve from a straight course. (transitive) · to curve a ball in pitching it
  3. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. (intransitive) · the road curves to the right
  4. To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). (transitive) · The teacher will curve the test.
  5. To reject, to turn down romantic advances. (slang, transitive) · I was once curved three times by the same woman.

He/she/it curves · Prétérit curved · Participe passé curved · Forme en -ing curving

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
curve
He/she/it
curves
Prétérit
curved
Participe passé
curved
Forme en -ing
curving

Dans la bibliothèque

She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 36 · B2
The curve of the broken dome was above his head.
The Jungle Book, p. 58 · B2
Curved in the shape of a Cupid’s bow?
The Jungle Book, p. 63 · B2
A certain melancholy that touched her countenance must have been of recent birth, for it had not yet altered the fine and youthful contours of her cheek, nor subdued the arch though resolute curve of her lips.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 34 · C1

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