recurve

English

Etymology

re- + curve

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)v/

Noun

recurve (countable and uncountable, plural recurves)

  1. 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. A recurve bow.
  3. A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.

Derived terms

Verb

recurve (third-person singular simple present recurves, present participle recurving, simple past and past participle recurved)

  1. To curve again, to rebend.
  2. To curve back on itself.
  3. (of a storm) To change direction.
    • 1934, Ivan Ray Tannehill, The Hurricane, page 6:
      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.
    • 2006, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook, →ISBN, page 227:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

recurve

  1. inflection of recurvar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

recurve

  1. inflection of recurvar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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