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1) a part of the edge of a circle or other curved line (arc)

2) a curved part over a door, bridge, gate etc (arch)

3) a round container, made of curved strips of wood (barrel)

4) a curved stick of wood, which returns to the thrower if it does not hit anything (boomerang)

5) a space enclosed by a curved line, every point on which is at the same distance from the center (circle)

6) round or curved in shape; moving round (circular)

7) round or curved in shape; moving around (circular)

8) a line that marks out a circle or other curved figure (circumference)

9) (of an outline or surface) curved inwards like the inner surface of a bowl (concave)

10) (of an outline or surface) curved outwards like the outside of a ball (convex)

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Meaning:
askew

not in the straight or usual (level) position

crooked

crescent

(something shaped like) the curve of the moon in the first quarter (especially a row of houses)

sickle-shaped

crooked

twisted; bent

bent, angled

globular

shaped like a globe

round

hollow

not solid, with a hole or empty space inside; unreal; false; insincere

empty, hollowed out

misshapen

(especially of a part of the body) badly formed

deformed

round

shaped like a circle or a ball; done with, involving, a circular motion; a (regular) set or series of events

ball-shaped; semi-circular area

sinuous

full of curves and twists

winding, twisting

tortuous

full of twists and bends; not straightforward

very twisted

wavy

having curves

sinuous

CURVED as in Wiktionary
CURVED as in Wikipedia