curve
/kəːv/
US pronunciation
American sound/kəːv/
curve
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- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> curve
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curve /kɜ:v/ n
မျဉ်းခုံး။ ပြင်ခုံး။ အကွေး။ အကောက်။
a curve on a graph ❍ a curve in the road ❍ a pattern full of curves and angles ❍ her attractive curves ရှိုက်ဖိုကြီးငယ် အသွယ်သွယ်။
v (က) ကွေးသည်။ ကောက်သည်။ ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်စေသည်။ The road curved suddenly to the left. ❍ a knife with a curved blade.
(ခ) ဝေ့သွားသည်။ ဝိုက်သွားသည်။ The spear curved through the air.
❏ curvy adj (-ier, -iest ) (infml ) အကွေးအဝိုက် အခုံး အကြွများသော။ ရှိုက်ဖိုကြီးငယ် အသွယ်သွယ်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော။ curvy lines ❍ He likes big curvy women.
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arc, bend, bow, curvature, arch, camber, ambit, arched, bight, buckle, bulge, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, coil, compass, concave, concavity, contour, convex, crook, crumple, curl, curlicue, curvation, deviate, divert, ellipse, festoon, flexure, gyrate, hairpin, half-moon, helix, hook, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, incurve, inflect, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, twist, vault, veer, whorl, wind, wreathe
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