recurve
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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