recurve

English

Etymology

re- + curve

Verb

recurve (third-person singular simple present recurves, present participle recurving, simple past and past participle recurved)

  1. To curve again, to rebend.
  2. To curve back on itself.
  3. (of a storm) To change direction.
    • 1934, Ivan Ray Tannehill, The Hurricane, page 6:
      Nearly all of the storms which originate in the Cape Verde region first move in a westerly direction over the Atlantic and later recurve in a northerly or northeasterly direction.
    • 2006, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Hurricanes: A Reference Handbook, →ISBN, page 227:
      He also developed a methodology for predicting when a hurricane will recurve to the north and for predicting average storm motion based on the latitude and time of year.

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Translations


Portuguese

Verb

recurve

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of recurvar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of recurvar
  3. third-person singular imperative of recurvar

Spanish

Verb

recurve

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recurvar.
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