Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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kink | Yes | No | Yes | No |
curve | Yes | No | Yes | No |
kink (noun) | curve (noun) |
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a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
an eccentric idea | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
a person with unusual sexual tastes | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | a line on a graph representing data |
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
kink (verb) | curve (verb) |
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form a curl, curve, or kink | form a curl, curve, or kink |
curl tightly | turn sharply; change direction abruptly |
form an arch or curve | |
bend or cause to bend | |
extend in curves and turns |