Past tense of curve
regular verb
The past tense of curve is curved. The past participle is also curved.
Forms of curve
| Base form (V1) | curve /kɜːv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | curved /kɜːvd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | curved /kɜːvd/ |
| Present participle | curving |
| Third person singular | curves /kɜːvz/ |
Curved in a sentence
- For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive...
- I was once curved three times by the same woman.
- The arrow descended in a curved line.From the entry line
- Arriving at York under the station's magnificent curved roof is always a delight.2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 49. From the entry detrain
- "No more curtain sticking to your heiny!" says one reviewer about the Moen curved shower rod.2017 June 22, Maria Cassano, “21 Genius Inventions That Make Your Bathroom Cleaner & More Hygienic”, in Bustle. From the entry heiny
Meaning of curve
- adjective Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
- noun A bend, such as in a road.
- noun A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
Questions about the past tense of curve
- What is the past tense of curve?
- The past tense of curve is curved.
- What is the past participle of curve?
- The past participle of curve is curved.
- Is curve a regular or irregular verb?
- Curve is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curve (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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