Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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curve | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wind | Yes | No | Yes | No |
curve (noun) | wind (noun) |
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a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | breath |
curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath |
a line on a graph representing data | an indication of potential opportunity |
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk |
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | |
a tendency or force that influences events | |
the act of winding or twisting |
curve (verb) | wind (verb) |
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form a curl, curve, or kink | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem |
turn sharply; change direction abruptly | form into a wreath |
form an arch or curve | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
bend or cause to bend | arrange or coil around |
extend in curves and turns | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
extend in curves and turns | |
catch the scent of; get wind of |