Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recurve

1 sense of recurve

Sense 1
recurve -- (curve or bend (something) back or down)
       => crook, curve -- (bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply")

Antonyms of adj recurved

1 sense of recurved

Sense 1
recurved, recurvate -- (curved backward or inward)

INDIRECT (VIA curved) -> straight -- (free from curves or angles; "a straight line")

Similarity of adj recurved

1 sense of recurved

Sense 1
recurved, recurvate -- (curved backward or inward)
       => curved (vs. straight), curving -- (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard")

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