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Meaning of curl in English
Pronunciation
/kərl/
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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.
shape one's body into a curl
Examples
« She curled farther down under the covers »
« She fell and drew in »
3.
wind around something in coils or loops
Antonyms
uncoil
4.
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Examples
« curl my hair, please »
5.
play the Scottish game of curling
Noun
curl
Definitions
1.
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
2.
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
3.
a strand or cluster of hair