incurve

transitive & intransitive verb

To cause to bend or to bend into an inward curve.

noun

An inward curve.

To make crooked; bend; curve; specifically, to cause to curve or bend inward: as, the incurved antennæ of an insect.

To curve or bend inward.

noun

In base-ball, lawn-bowls, bowling, etc., a ball so pitched or rolled by a right-handed man as to curve to the right.

transitive verb

To bend; to curve; to make crooked.

verb

To cause something to curve inwards.