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recurve

VI ย้อนกลับ มา วกกลับ มา yon-kab-ma

recurve

VT ย้อนกลับ มา วกกลับ มา yon-kab-ma

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECURVE

v.t.recurv'. [L. recurvo, supra. ] To bend back.

RECURVED

pp. Bent back or downwards; as a recurved leaf.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECURVE

RECURVE Re *curve " (r *krv "), v. t.

Defn: To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

RECURVED

RECURVED Re *curved " (r *krvd "), a.

Defn: Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.

New American Oxford Dictionary

recurve

re curve |rēˈkərv rəˈkərv | ▶verb [ no obj. ] chiefly Biology bend backward: (as adj. recurved ) : large recurved tusks. ▶noun Archery a bow that curves forward at the ends, which straighten out under tension when the bow is drawn. DERIVATIVES re cur va ture |-vəCHər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin recurvare ‘bend (something ) back, ’ from re- ‘back ’ + curvare ‘to bend. ’

Oxford Dictionary

recurve

re |curve |rɪˈkəːv | ▶verb [ no obj. ] chiefly Biology bend backwards: (as adj. recurved ) : large recurved tusks. ▶noun Archery a bow that curves forward at the ends, which straighten out under tension when the bow is drawn. DERIVATIVES recurvature noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin recurvare ‘bend something back ’, from re- ‘back ’ + curvare ‘to bend ’.