recurvate

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/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt//ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)vət/

verb

To bend or curve back; to recurve.

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recurvedcurvedcurving
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Meanings

verbrecurvate (third-person singular simple present recurvates, present participle recurvating, simple past and past participle recurvated)

present singular third person recurvates · participle present recurvating · participle past recurvated · past recurvated

  1. To bend or curve back; to recurve.

    With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line

    1784, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology
adjectiverecurvate (comparative more recurvate, superlative most recurvate)

comparative more recurvate · superlative most recurvate

  1. biologyrecurved

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecurved backward or inward

Similar
recurvedcurvedcurving
Also see
recurvedrecurvous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with recurvate

innervatedeinnervatedenervatenervate
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Anagrams

verrucate
Cite this entry
APA

recurvate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurvate

MLA

“recurvate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurvate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recurvate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recurvate.

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