Curl word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "curl" word
[noun] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
[verb] form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved"
[verb] play the Scottish game of curling
[verb] twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
[verb] wind around something in coils or loops
[verb] shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
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\Curl\, v. i. 1. 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. Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. --Shak. 2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. ``Cirling billows.'' --Dryden. Then round her slender waist he curled. --Dryden. Curling smokes from village tops are seen. --Pope. Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. --Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. --Bret Harte. 3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]
\Curl\ (k[^u]rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr["o]lle. See {Curl}, v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. --Milton. 2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. --Sir I. Newton. 3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. {Blue curls}. (Bot.) See under {Blue}.
Synonyms for curl
coil, coil, curl up, curlicue, curve, draw in, gyre, kink, lock, loop, ringlet, ringlet, roll, scroll, wave, whorl, whorl
Antonyms: uncoil
See also: bend | bend | calyx | change surface | coiffure | corolla | crape | crimp | crimp | deform | dreadlock | flex | forelock | frizz | frizzle | hair | hair style | hairdo | kink | kink up | play | roll | round shape | sausage curl | turn | twine | twist | twist | verticil | wind | wrap |
Related terms: arc, arch, bend, bend back, bow, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, cirrus, coil, conchoid, corkscrew, crimp, crisp, crook, curlicue, curve, decurve, deflect, diacaustic, dome, ellipse, embow, entwine, evolute, festoon, flex, frizz, frizzle, gyre, helix, hook, hump, hunch, hyperbola, incurvate, incurve, inflect, involute, kink, lituus, lock, loop, parabola, ponytail, recurve, reflect, reflex, retroflex, ringlet, roll, round, sag, screw, scroll, sinus, spiral, swag, sweep, swirl, tendril, tracery, turn, twine, twirl, twist, vault, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, wind, wreathe
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Let's analyse "curl" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LRUC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
curl: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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