| verb | turn sharply; change direction abruptly “The car cut to the left at the intersection” |
| verb | extend in curves and turns “The road winds around the lake” |
| verb | form an arch or curve “her back arches” |
| verb | bend or cause to bend “He crooked his index finger” |
| verb | form a curl, curve, or kink “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling” |
| adjective | having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend “the curved tusks of a walrus” |
| swerve | noun | an erratic deflection from an intended course |
| swerving | noun | the act of turning aside suddenly |
| curve | noun | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| trend | noun | general line of orientation |
| veering | noun | the act of turning aside suddenly |
| arch | noun | a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening |
| curvature | noun | (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal |
| arc | noun | something curved in shape |
| crook | noun | a circular segment of a curve |
| curl | noun | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| kink | noun | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |