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