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"curve" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often bend (4 letters).
Definitions
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
Word origin
Attested since the 1690s, from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, curve, turn”) + *-wós. Doublet of curb, shrink, carcer, and cancer.
Used in a sentence
“a curve line”
“a curve surface”
“You should slow down when approaching a curve.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“rounded bend”5 letters
02“Bent line”5 letters
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