curl has definitions from the fields of zoology,games,chemistry
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[ verb ] form a curl, curve, or kink

Synonyms

kink curve

Examples

"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" "The road curved"

Used in print

(Clark McMeekin, The Fairbrothers....)

Surely now his beloved son could rest_in_peace .

Related terms

change_surface coil bend

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[ verb ] wind around something in coils or loops

Synonyms

loop coil

Used in print

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

The first part of the road was steep , but it leveled_off after the second bend and curled gradually into the valley .

Related terms

uncoil wind coil coil

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[ verb ] shape one's body into a curl

Synonyms

curl_up draw_in

Examples

"She curled farther down under the covers" "She fell and drew in"

Related terms

bend attract attract coil

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[ verb ] twist or roll into coils or ringlets

Synonyms

wave

Examples

"curl my hair, please"

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

They curled around the cuff of his nightshirt .

Related terms

twist crimp wave

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[ noun ] (chemistry) American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

Related terms

chemist

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[ noun ] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
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[ verb ] (games) play the Scottish game of curling

Related terms

play sport

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6975
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[ noun ] (zoology) a strand or cluster of hair

Synonyms

lock whorl ringlet

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