Get to know Recurve better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like crook or curve.
Recurve meaning
- A type of knife blade shape that involves several curves including a concave curve on a portion of the edge, resulting in a belly that is lower than the handle bottom.
- A recurve bow.
- A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.
Using Recurve
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of knife blade shape that involves several curves including a concave curve on a portion of the edge, resulting in a belly that is lower than the handle bottom. | A recurve bow. | A landform consisting of a hook at the tip of a coastal spit.
- Useful related words include: crook, curve.
- In the example corpus, recurve often appears in combinations such as: the recurve, recurve bow, recurve bows.
Context around Recurve
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recurve
- In this selection, "recurve" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, longbows, takedown, bow, bows and team stand out and add context to how "recurve" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can be recurve bows and modern takedown recurve bow compound. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recurve" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recurve
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The limbs are usually much stiffer than those of a recurve crossbow. (12 words)
While Parveena emerged victorious in the women’s compound section, the recurve event was won by Komolika Bari. (18 words)
Multiple bow systems have a special system of pulling the sinew via several bows (which can be recurve bows). (19 words)
So if for example, the player wanted to create some kind of mass-producing tribal war factory, (and why not), they could do so by selecting "Do Forever" on an item such as Recurve Bow. (35 words)
Modern (takedown) recurve bow Compound bows are designed to reduce the force required to hold the string at full draw, hence allowing the archer more time to aim with less muscular stress. (32 words)
The recurve bow's bent limbs have a longer draw length than an equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving more acceleration to the projectile and less hand shock. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
So if for example, the player wanted to create some kind of mass-producing tribal war factory, (and why not), they could do so by selecting "Do Forever" on an item such as Recurve Bow.
Legal hunting equipment includes shotguns using ammunition loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller, longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, and crossbows.
The women’s compound archery team has run into good form and will be expected to better what the recurve team achieved.
While Parveena emerged victorious in the women’s compound section, the recurve event was won by Komolika Bari.
Modern (takedown) recurve bow Compound bows are designed to reduce the force required to hold the string at full draw, hence allowing the archer more time to aim with less muscular stress.
Multiple bow systems have a special system of pulling the sinew via several bows (which can be recurve bows).
The limbs are usually much stiffer than those of a recurve crossbow.
The recurve bow's bent limbs have a longer draw length than an equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving more acceleration to the projectile and less hand shock.
Common combinations with recurve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: