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curved

/kɝːvd/ adjective B1
  1. Having a curve or curves; curving.
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Curved in the shape of a Cupid’s bow?
The Jungle Book, p. 63 · B2
A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 58 · B2
With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white side-whiskers disappear among the throng.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · C1
He was a man about five foot nine in height, fifty or so years of age, his hair slightly grizzled, a grayish moustache, a curved nose, and a face which all of them described as fierce and forbidding.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 75 · C1

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