 curl |
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| 1. | [ verb ] form a curl, curve, or kink | |
| Synonyms: | kink curve | |
| Examples: | "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" "The road curved" |
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| Related terms: | change_surface coil bend | |
| 2. | [ verb ] wind around something in coils or loops | |
| Synonyms: | loop coil | |
| Related terms: | uncoil wind coil coil | |
| 3. | [ verb ] shape one's body into a curl | |
| Synonyms: | curl_up draw_in | |
| Examples: | "She curled farther down under the covers" "She fell and drew in" |
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| Related terms: | bend attract attract coil | |
| 4. | [ verb ] twist or roll into coils or ringlets | |
| Synonyms: | wave | |
| Examples: | "curl my hair, please" |
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| Related terms: | twist crimp wave | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (chemistry) American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) | |
| Synonyms: | robert_f._curl robert_floyd_curl_jr. robert_curl | |
| Related terms: | chemist | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles | |
| Synonyms: | whorl curlicue roll ringlet gyre scroll coil | |
| Related terms: | round_shape verticil corolla calyx roll roll_out coil roll | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (games) play the Scottish game of curling | |
| Related terms: | play sport | |
| 8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6975 | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (zoology) a strand or cluster of hair | |
| Synonyms: | lock whorl ringlet | |
| Related terms: | hair hair forelock crimp sausage_curl dreadlock hairdo | |
| Similar spelling: |
curly Curle Curley curlew Curlee Curiel churl |
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