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    [Adjective]  | "re*curved" | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈkərvd \


    1: curved backward or inward


    Origin: 1598 ;

    [Verb]  | "recurve" 


    1: to curve or turn in a backward or reverse direction; especially, of a weather disturbance : to reverse the direction of travel by curving back


    Origin: 1610 ;

     [ "recurving" ]

    1: Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one back on the learning curve.

      * e.g.,  ... Bill quit his job at Garvo Industries and took a new job with Oigle Tech so he could learn about the newest software programming applications. He justified this job move on the grounds of recurving. 

     [ "recurve" ]

    1: To curve or bend back or backward.

      * e.g.,  ... Deer taken with a straight limb bow, recurve bow or compound bow will be registered as taken with a vertical bow. 

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