recurve

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: re=curve

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.