Definition of Recurve

1. Verb. Curve or bend (something) back or down.

Generic synonyms: Crook, Curve

Definition of Recurve

1. v. t. To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

Definition of Recurve

1. Verb. To curve again, to rebend. ¹

2. Verb. To curve back on itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recurve

1. to curve backward or downward [v -CURVED, -CURVING, -CURVES]

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Literary usage of Recurve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"An appendage connected at that point is considered to spoil the recurve on that side. In lieu of a recurve in front of the delta in the inner pattern area, ..."

2. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"We can divide the cyclonic track into three parts: First branch; recurve; second branch. Having made this division, I shall now formulate the law. ..."

3. Health, U. S., 1993: The Annual National Report on Health by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"An appendage connected at that point is considered to spoil the recurve on that side. In lieu of a recurve in front of the delta in the inner pattern area, ..."

4. The United Service (1889)
"Now, to come to the point of this discussion, the fact that hurricanes recurve in different latitudes, according to the time of the year, has been variously ..."

5. The Cyclones of the Far East by José Algué (1904)
"The cyclones of June, July, August, and September, the months which have the name of ''typhoon months," recurve much more frequently. ..."

6. Hand-book of Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal: For the Use of Sailors by John Eliot (1900)
"Also, if a storm recurves in the Bay, all previous experience shows that it will almost certainly recurve towards the east, and generally from north-west, ..."

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