recurve
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of recurve
1590–1600; < Latin recurvāre, equivalent to re- re- + curvāre to curve
Example Sentences
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Para-archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in three classes - W1, open compound and open recurve.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2021
Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Rand Al-Mashhadani lost her first round match 7-1 to Japan's Kaori Kawanaka in the individual recurve event on Friday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2014
Sales of kid-size recurve bows have more than quadrupled this year, said Jim Belcher, owner of the manufacturer Sky Archery, based in Brighton, Mich., which specializes in this most traditional of bows.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
This pattern has a recurve and a separate delta, but it still lacks the ridge count necessary to make it a loop.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
The flowers of Evergreen amaryllis feature mint green petals, and Wild Amazone has long, recurved petals in a blend of brick-red, maroon, ivory and pale green.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
When Dr. Caron stuck several of the newly gained specimens under a high-powered scanning microscope, he spotted a ribbonlike structure studded with recurved teeth on both sides, like the business end of a chain saw.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
“They’re these harpoon-like things with all these recurved barbs,” Trager said, adding that’s it’s easy to see why the spines are tough to pull out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2022
Bill very long, straight, thick, the base broader than high; the sides tetragonal; upper mandible very straight, the base rounded; under mandible beneath carinated and recurved, the margins covered by those of the upper.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Ovary 3-celled; styles 3, thick, awl-shaped, recurved, stigmatic down their whole length inside.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
De Kooning's characteristically hooked, recurving line takes on an invigorating speed, charging and skidding through the dense paint, slits open with the promise of spatial depth, only to shut again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shoulders of a loop are the points at which the recurving ridge definitely turns inward or curves.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
There was a whirl in the waters, and quick as thought the vast flukes of the whale rose in the air, recurving with a sidelong sweep as of some gigantic scythe.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
Anthers oblong, versatile, straight or recurving in age.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Strong, recurving tips, armed with slender prickles, are seen in the scales of the reddish-brown cones that fall soon after they spread and liberate the winged seeds.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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