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recursive |
recursive definition |
recursive routine |
recurvate |
recurvation |
recurve
| recurved
| recurviroster
| recurvirostra
| recurvirostral
| recurvirostridae
recurve
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb recurve has 1 sense
- recurve(v = verb.motion) Array - curve or bend (something) back or down; Array is one way to crook, curve
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
recurve, v. t.
To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
recurve, v.tr. & intr. bend backwards.
Derivative
recurvate adj. recurvature n.
Etymology
L recurvare recurvat- (as RE-, curvare bend)
ROGET THESAURUS
recurve
Curvature
VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.
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