Verb

• S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
• S: (v) wind, twist, curve (extend in curves and turns) "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
• S: (v) arch, curve, arc (form an arch or curve) "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) camber (curve upward in the middle)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) bend, flex (form a curve) "The stick does not bend"
• S: (v) crook, curve (bend or cause to bend) "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
• S: (v) arch, curve, arc (form an arch or curve) "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
• S: (v) incurvate (bend inwards) "The body incurvates a little at the back"
• S: (v) retroflex, replicate (bend or turn backward)
• S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"
• S: (v) crouch, stoop, bend, bow (bend one's back forward from the waist on down) "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
• S: (v) double over, double, double up (bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain) "He doubled and vomited violently"
• S: (v) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel (show submission or fear)
• S: (v) curl up, curl, draw in (shape one's body into a curl) "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) crook, curve (bend or cause to bend) "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
• S: (v) curl, curve, kink (form a curl, curve, or kink) "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

Adjective

• S: (adj) curved, curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend) "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"