curve vs snake

curve

noun
  • An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To bend; to crook. 

  • To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). 

  • (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances. 

  • To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. 

  • To cause to swerve from a straight course. 

snake

noun
  • A series of Bézier curves. 

  • The seventh Lenormand card. 

  • A flavoured jube (confectionary) in the shape of a snake. 

  • A tool to aid cable pulling. 

  • A legless reptile of the suborder Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue. 

  • A treacherous person; a rat. 

  • Somebody who acts deceitfully for social gain. 

  • Trouser snake; the penis. 

  • An informer; a rat. 

  • A tool for unclogging plumbing. 

verb
  • To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. 

  • To inform; to rat. 

  • To clean using a plumbing snake. 

  • To follow or move in a winding route. 

  • To steal slyly. 

  • To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out. 

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