Meaning of curl in English

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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 »
Derived terms
- bend
- coil
- curlicue
- curve
- gyre
- kink
- ringlet
- roll
- scroll
- twirl
- twist
- whorl
2. shape one's body into a curl
Examples
- « She curled farther down under the covers »
- « She fell and drew in »
Derived terms
3. wind around something in coils or loops
Antonyms
- uncoil
Derived terms
4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Examples
- « curl my hair, please »
Derived terms
5. play the Scottish game of curling
Derived terms
- curling
Noun
curl
Definitions
1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
Derived terms
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
Derived terms
- wave

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