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RECURVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recurve mean?
• RECURVE (verb)
The verb RECURVE has 1 sense:
1. curve or bend (something) back or down
Familiarity information: RECURVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they recurve ... he / she / it recurves
Past simple: recurved
Past participle: recurved
-ing form: recurving
... he / she / it recurves Past simple: recurved
Past participle: recurved
-ing form: recurving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curve or bend (something) back or down
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "recurve" is one way to...):
crook; curve (bend or cause to bend)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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