curling
curling
Definition
curl·ing (kʉr′liŋ)
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.
