incurved

7.6

Curving inward at the edges like a bowl rim

adjective
/ɪnˈkɜrvd/

: incurvado

The bird's beak was slightly incurved, making it ideal for extracting seeds from narrow spaces.

Examples

The flower's petals were incurved at the tips, giving it a graceful appearance.
The incurved edges of the leaf give it a unique appearance.
The artist drew a vase with an incurved rim to add elegance to the design.
Her smile was beautifully incurved at the corners.
The artist drew a vase with an incurved rim to add elegance to the design.
The bird's beak was slightly incurved, making it ideal for extracting seeds from narrow spaces.
The flower's petals were incurved at the tips, giving it a graceful appearance.

Synonyms

incurvate

vsincurved

9.9

Curved inward so a surface or edge bends toward the center

is identical in meaning but serves as an alternative word form

How Curved

concave

5 5.2

incurved

7.6

curved

6 1.0

bent

21 1.0

flat

797 1.0

Surface Forms

incurved positive

Morphology

incurved = curved (transparent) = in + curve + ed

Adding the locative prefix 'in-' to 'curved' straightforwardly gives the sense 'curved inward'.

Etymology

Incurved comes from the prefix in- meaning 'in' and the word curve meaning 'a bend', so it literally means 'bent inward', like a rim or petal that turns toward the middle.