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Meaning of curl in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /kərl/

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  1. Verb

    curl

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul

    Definitions

    1. form a curl, curve, or kink

    Examples

    • « the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling »
  2. 2. shape one's body into a curl

    Examples

    • « She curled farther down under the covers »
    • « She fell and drew in »
  3. 3. wind around something in coils or loops

    Antonyms

    • uncoil
  4. 4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    Examples

    • « curl my hair, please »
  5. 5. play the Scottish game of curling
  6. Noun

    curl

    Definitions

    1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
  7. 2. American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
  8. 3. a strand or cluster of hair

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