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Meaning of 'curl' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Curl [ n.]
- To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
- To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.
- To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- To shape (the brim) into a curve.
2 . Curl [ v.]
- A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
- An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
- A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.
3 . Curl [ v. i.]
- To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.
- To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls.
- To play at the game called curling.

Meaning of 'curl' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . curl [ v]
Meaning (1):
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Example in sentence:
  • curl my hair, please
Meaning (2):
- shape one's body into a curl
Example in sentence:
  • She curled farther down under the covers;
  • She fell and drew in
Meaning (3):
- form a curl, curve, or kink
Example in sentence:
  • the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling

Nearby Words:

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