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curling Definition

curl·ing (kʉrliŋ)

noun

a game played on ice by two teams of four players each, in which a heavy, thick disk of stone or iron (curling stone) is slid toward a target circle at the other end of the rink: players may sweep the ice before the moving disk to remove ice particles and other foreign matter and control the course and speed of the disk

Etymology: so named from the curving path of the stone when slid

curling Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hit: But Staines responded within four minutes, when Telemaque fed Mark Nwokeji, who hit a curling shot past Stuart Nelson.
  • include: The Web site includes an online curling manual, which is split into basic and advanced techniques.
  • prevent: They are harvested by hand and then dried in trays under slight pressure to prevent curling.

Adjective modifier

  • upward: Leaves show yellowing on the edges accompanied by upward curling.
  • lip: Next time you feel like your lip curling into a sneer - have a little care for your fellow enthusiast.
  • indoor: Artificial ice rink, indoor curling, winter golf course.

Preposition: into

  • sky: Video footage from Iraqi television showed orange flames and large plumes of black smoke curling into the sky.

Modifies a noun

  • free-kick: Jason Smith should have given his side the lead four minutes later with a free header from Romo's curling free-kick.
  • tong: But even that's not a problem, because Joanna can't live without her curling tongs and hair stuff.
  • rink: Our task was been facilitated by the opening of England's first curling rink in Kent in 2004.
  • shot: Trundle restored sanity with a superb curling shot into the corner of the net in stoppage time.
  • pond: A brief diversion leads to the old curling ponds.
  • effort: With five minutes to go Paul Weaver tried a curling effort which was comfortably saved by Sean Murdoch.

Noun used with modifier

  • wheelchair: At the Closing Ceremony the flag was carried by Frank Duffy, skip of the wheelchair curling team.
  • leaf: Affected cotton plants exhibit a range of symptoms such as leaf curling, stunted growth and a poor yield of cotton fiber.
  • toe: Major fixtures like PRNewswire didn't give me any toe curling experiences.
  • smoke: No smoke curling in the air betrayed the presence of man.
  • ice: Super curling is a mixture of ice curling, which is very fast, boules and bowling.
  • corner: Royston responded well and two minutes later they equalized with Ryan Waller's corner curling into the Wanderers net.

Preposition: from

  • treetop: There was languid Blackbird melody curling from treetops and Collared Doves pulsing from rooftops.

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