Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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roulette | Yes | No | No | No |
curve | Yes | No | Yes | No |
roulette (noun) | curve (noun) |
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a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
a line on a graph representing data | |
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
roulette (verb) | curve (verb) |
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form a curl, curve, or kink | |
turn sharply; change direction abruptly | |
form an arch or curve | |
bend or cause to bend | |
extend in curves and turns |