To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
To bend; to crook.
To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
(slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
To cause to swerve from a straight course.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
A one-dimensional continuum.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
The attractive shape of a woman's body.
A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
To form a kink or twist.
To laugh loudly.
To be formed into a kink or twist.
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
A person with peculiar sexual tastes.