recurve
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of recurve
1590–1600; < Latin recurvāre, equivalent to re- re- + curvāre to curve
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Which brings us back to the hero’s mythical recurve.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
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
She is now the world number one in the women's recurve category and a strong candidate for a medal in Tokyo.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2021
But when he turned 21, a friend gave him a Hungarian recurve horseback bow.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2018
The outer petals recurve, as the flower develops, until they meet at the stem, thus giving us a ball-like blossom.
From Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover by Eben E. (Eben Eugene) Rexford
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
Tree 75–100° high; leaves oblong-ovate, taper-pointed, distinctly and often coarsely toothed; petioles and midrib soon nearly naked; prickles of the fruit mostly recurved or spreading.—N.
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 Asa Gray
Calyx 4–5-cleft, the lobes recurved, hairy-tufted at base in the male flowers.
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 Asa Gray
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
Recurvā′tion, Recur′vity, Recur′vature, the act of recurving: the state of being recurved: a bending backwards.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The fern, itself, with its tall, recurving leaves makes a beautiful ornament for the shady lawn, and like the interrupted fern is easy to cultivate.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
Perianth.—Violet; waxen; ten to twenty lines long; broadly funnel-form; six-cleft; lobes recurving.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Since the delta would be located on the only recurve, this recurving ridge is eliminated from consideration.
From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by J. Edgar (John Edgar) Hoover
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