curl
transitive verb
- to wind or twist (esp. hair) into ringlets or coils
- to cause to roll over or bend around
- to raise the upper corner of (the lip), as in showing contempt or scorn
intransitive verb
- to form curls; become curled
- to assume a spiral or curved shape
- to move in spirals; undulate
- to play the game of curling
noun
- a little coil of hair; ringlet
- anything with a spiral or curled shape; any coil
- a curling or being curled
- any of various diseases of plants in which the leaves curl up
- an exercise in which a weight or other resistance is pulled upward in a curl-like motion by a fully extended arm or leg
See curl in American Heritage Dictionary 4
curl
verb curled,
curling curl·ing,
curls verb, transitive- To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
- To form into a coiled or spiral shape: curled the ends of the ribbon.
- To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.
- To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.
- Sports To lift (a weight) by performing a curl.
verb, intransitive- To form ringlets or coils.
- To assume a spiral or curved shape.
- To move in a curve or spiral: The wave curled over the surfer.
- Sports To engage in curling.
noun- Something with a spiral or coiled shape.
- A coil or ringlet of hair.
- A treatment in which the hair is curled.
a. The act of curling: the curl of a meandering river.
b. The state of being curled.
- Sports A weightlifting exercise using one or two hands, in which a weight held at the thigh or to the side of the body is raised to the chest or shoulder and then lowered without moving the upper arms, shoulders, or back.
- Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.
Phrasal Verb: curl up To assume a position with the legs drawn up:
The child curled up in an armchair to read.
Origin: Middle English crullen, curlen, from crulle, curly, perhaps of Middle Low German origin.
Curl
American chemist who shared a 1996 Nobel Prize for discovering fullerenes.
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