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upcurve

upcurve noun: an upward curve.

Noun

upcurve (plural upcurves)

  1. An upward curve.
    • Bleached and brittle stalks branch precisely, each finally dividing into an upcurve of umbrella-like spokes which terminate in a starburst of micro-stems.2009 September 11, Christine Smith, “Country diary”, in Guardian

Verb

upcurve (third-person singular simple present upcurves, present participle upcurving, simple past and past participle upcurved)

  1. To curve upwards.

Forms of upcurve

Noun
pluralupcurves
Verb
third-person singular presentupcurves
present participleupcurving
past participleupcurved
pastupcurved

Origin of upcurve

From up- + curve.

Questions about upcurve

What does upcurve mean?
Upcurve means an upward curve.
What part of speech is upcurve?
Upcurve can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of upcurve?
The plural of upcurve is upcurves.

Words near upcurve in the dictionary

  1. upcurled
  2. upcurling
  3. upcurls
  4. upcurrent
  5. upcurrents
  6. upcurve
  7. upcurved
  8. upcurves
  9. upcurving
  10. upcut
  11. upcuts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upcurve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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