incurve
verb
in·curve (ˌ)in-ˈkərv 
ˈin-ˌkərv
incurved; incurving; incurves
transitive verb
: to bend so as to curve inward
Word History
Etymology
Latin incurvare, from in- + curvare to curve, from curvus curved — more at curve
First Known Use
1610, in the meaning defined above
incurving
verb
as in incurvating
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- incurvating
- reflecting
- curving
- bowing
- arching
- inflecting
- bending
- arcing
- rounding
- swerving
- deflecting
- hooking
- diverting
- swirling
- crooking
- curling
- twining
- spiraling
- looping
- enrolling
- entwining
- warping
- veering
- coiling
- kinking
- waving
- turning
- winding
- twisting
- meandering
- sloping
- dimpling
- spiralling
- weaving
- denting
- declining
- inclining
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- straightening
- uncurling
- unbending
- undiscernibleness
- undiscernibly
- undiscerning
- undiscerningly
- undischarged
- undisciplinable
- undiscipline
- undisciplined
- undisciplines
- undisclosed
- undiscourageable
- undiscouraged
- undiscoverable
- undiscovered
- undiscriminated
- undiscriminating
- undiscussed
- undisgraced
- undisguisable
- undisguise
- undisguised
- undisguisedly
- undishonored
- undishonoured
- undismayed