incurvate

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Definition of incurvate in English English dictionary

to have a curved or bent shape; to bend or curve inwards

To bend (especially inwards); to give a curved shape to

bending inwards

He noted that the flower's petals were incurvate.

{s} curved inward, bent, incurved

cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays"

cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays" bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back" bent into or having an inward curve

Curved; bent; crooked

{f} bend or curve inward

bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"

To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook

bent into or having an inward curve

Related Terms

ıncurvate

{a} bent or curved inwards

ıncurvate

{v} to bow, bend, make crooked

Hyphenation

in·cur·vate

Tenses

incurvating, incurvated