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recurve en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)v/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥wós Proto-Italic *korwos Latin curvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin curvo Latin recurvōder. English recurve Derived from Latin recurvō.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A type of knife blade shape that involves several curves including a concave curve on a portion of the edge, resulting in a belly that is lower than the handle bottom.
    • not as much recurve as a kukri would have, but plenty enough to make me smile
  2. (countable, uncountable) A recurve bow.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.

Forms

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recurves Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

recurvebill · recurve-billed bushbird

recurve en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)v/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥wós Proto-Italic *korwos Latin curvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin curvo Latin recurvōder. English recurve Derived from Latin recurvō.

Meanings

  1. To curve again, to rebend.
  2. To curve back on itself.
  3. (of a storm) To change direction.
    • He also developed a methodology for predicting when a hurricane will recurve to the north and for predicting average storm motion based on the latitude and time of year. 2006, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook, →ISBN, page 227:
    • Nearly all of the storms which originate in the Cape Verde region first move in a westerly direction over the Atlantic and later recurve in a northerly or northeasterly direction. 1934, Ivan Ray Tannehill, The Hurricane, page 6:

Forms

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recurves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
recurved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
recurved Tense=Past lexicographic
recurving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

recurve bow

Translations (2)

pt recurvar (of a hurricane) · es recurva (of a hurricane)