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curved

/kɜːvd/
verb

  1. To bend; to crook.

    "to curve a line"

  2. To cause to swerve from a straight course.

    "to curve a ball in pitching it"

  3. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.

    "the road curves to the right"

adjective

  1. Having a curve or curves.

Synonymscurvy, sinuous, tortuous, wavy
Antonymsstraight

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