Lexic.us

Definition of Curl

1. Noun. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).

2. Verb. Form a curl, curve, or kink. "The cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

3. Noun. American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933).

4. Verb. Shape one's body into a curl. "She fell and drew in"

5. Noun. A strand or cluster of hair.

6. Verb. Wind around something in coils or loops. "The wires curl around the stick"

7. Verb. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. "They curl their hair "; "Curl my hair, please"

8. Verb. Play the Scottish game of curling.

Definition of Curl

1. v. t. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

2. 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.

3. n. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.

Definition of Curl

1. to form into ringlets [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curl

curiosities curiosity curious curiouser curiousest curiously curiously enough curiousness curiousnesses curite

curites Curitiba curium curium curiums curl (current term) curled curled pondweed curled up curler

curlers curlew curlews curlew sandpiper curleyleaf pondweed curlicue curlicued curlicues curlicue ureter curlicuing

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