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recurve Definition

re·curve (rē kʉrv)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·curved, -·curv·ing

to curve or bend back or backward

Etymology: L recurvare < re-, back + curvare < curvus: see curve

recurve Usage Examples

Object

  • bow: For instance, you may choose to progress to a recurve bow, or a compound bow, or the more basic longbow.
  • team: The gents compound and ladies recurve teams came first, and the ladies compound and gents recurve teams came second.
  • event: Steve, who is wheelchair bound, was competing in the men's recurve event in the Disability Sport England competition.

Infinitive complement

  • expose: The short tube is baby pink with white sepals tipped green which recurve gracefully to expose a compact full double white corolla.

Modifying Another Word

  • strongly: This hypothesis is consistent with the strongly recurved spits that provide the present day definition of the harbor mouth.

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