recurve
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)v/
Noun
recurve (countable and uncountable, plural recurves)
- 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
- A recurve bow.
- 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)
- To curve again, to rebend.
- To curve back on itself.
- (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
Portuguese
Verb
recurve
- inflection of recurvar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
recurve
- inflection of recurvar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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