Bell Definition–noun | 1. | a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. | | 2. | the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell. | | 3. | anything in the form of a bell. | | 4. | the large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical wind instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged. | | 5. | Architecture. the underlying part of a foliated capital. | | 6. | Nautical. | a. | any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship. | | b. | each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time: It is now four bells. | | c. | a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer. | | | 8. | Botany. the bell-shaped corolla of a flower. | | 9. | Metallurgy. a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to cause to swell or expand like a bell (often fol. by out): Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to take or have the form of a bell. | | 13. | Botany. to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming). | —Idioms | 14. | bell the cat. cat 1 (def. 15). | | 15. | ring a bell, to evoke a memory, esp. a vague or partial recollection; remind one of something: His name rings a bell but I can't remember him. | | 16. | ring the bell, to provide what is desired; be satisfactory or successful: This new book rings the bell with teenagers. | | 17. | saved by the bell, | a. | (of a boxer) saved from a knockout by the ringing of a gong signaling the end of a round. | | b. | (of any person) spared from anticipated trouble by some extraneous event. | | | 18. | with bells on, Informal. eagerly; ready to enjoy oneself: Just say when, and we'll be there with bells on. | |
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Curve Definition–noun | 1. | a continuously bending line, without angles. | | 2. | the act or extent of curving. | | 3. | any curved outline, form, thing, or part. | | 4. | a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc. | | 5. | Railroads. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 ft. (30 m) long (degree of curve). | | 6. | Also called curve ball. Baseball. | a. | a pitch delivered with a spin that causes the ball to veer from a normal straight path, away from the side from which it was thrown. | | b. | the course of such a pitched ball. | | | 7. | a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph. | | 8. | Mathematics. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable. | | 9. | a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception. | | 10. | Education. a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group, so that those performing better, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor marks on a curve. Compare absolute (def. 10). | | 11. | a curved guide used in drafting. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve. | | 14. | Baseball. to pitch a curve to. | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve. | –adjective —Idioms | 17. | ahead of (or behind) the curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc. | | 18. | throw (someone) a curve, | a. | to take (someone) by surprise, esp. in a negative way. | | b. | to mislead or deceive. | | |
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