recurve

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.

Derived terms

• recurve bow

Translations

of a hurricane

Spanish: recurva f

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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

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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.