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↩️ Curved inward ↩️ To bend inward
to incurvate

to incurvate

9.9
Bend inward to make a curved shape
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈkɜrvət/
  • Specialized
translation icon : curvar
  • The petals slowly incurvate as the flower closes at night.

Examples

  • With time, the branches of the tree incurvate under the weight of the snow.

  • The leaves incurvate towards the center.

  • An expert can incurvate the metal sheet without breaking it.

  • The branches of the tree incurvated beautifully.

  • The petals of the tulip incurvate as they close during the night.

  • As the snowfall increased, the tree's branches began to incurvate under the weight.

  • With gentle pressure, he was able to incurvate the thin metal rods without snapping them.

Synonyms

to inturn
vsto incurvate
9.4

To bend or turn toward the inside, like a leaf edge

has identical meaning with no difference evident from the descriptions

Antonyms

to straighten
114 2.5

Make something straight and in the right position

How Curved

to curl
173 1.1
to incurvate
  • Specialized
9.9
to curve
22 2.8
to bend
268 1.0

Surface Forms

incurvate infinitive
incurvated past
incurvated past participle
incurvating present participle
incurvates third person singular

Etymology

Incurvate as a verb is made of in- 'in' and curve 'bend'. So to incurvate something is to 'bend inward', which is why the verb means to bend a part toward the inside.