incurve

[ in-kurv ]
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verb (used with or without object),in·curved, in·curv·ing.
  1. to curve or cause to curve inward.

Origin of incurve

1
First recorded in 1600–10, incurve is from the Latin word incurvāre to bend in, curve. See in-2, curve

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How to use incurve in a sentence

  • It was where an uprooted tree, fallen across an incurving bank, made a snug little recess that was closed in on three sides.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Paired tentacles short, proximally thick and convexly bulging, abruptly narrowed to an acute tip with incurving sides.

  • Deep among the incurving petals of the blushing-fragrance, he loses himself in his joys sometimes, till a breezy waft reveals him.

    Crocker's Hole | R. D. Blackmore
  • Flowing straight to the delicate incurving of waist, it emphasised by suggestion the outline of her shapely figure.

    By Right of Purchase | Harold Bindloss
  • Near the shore the waves broke into white sprites of foam against the deep, incurving cliffs.

    The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines | Margaret O'Bannon Womack Vandercook