Curl - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kɜːrl|  American pronunciation of the word curl
Brit.  |kɜːl|  British pronunciation of the word curl

noun

- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) (syn: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl)
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- a strand or cluster of hair (syn: lock, ringlet, whorl)

verb

- form a curl, curve, or kink (syn: curve, kink)
the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
- shape one's body into a curl (syn: curl up, draw in)
She curled farther down under the covers
- wind around something in coils or loops (syn: coil, loop)
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets (syn: wave)
curl my hair, please
- play the Scottish game of curling

Extra examples

She curls her hair every morning.

Can you curl your tongue?

The baby's fingers were tightly curled.

The snake curled itself around its prey.

The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep.

We saw smoke curling from the cottage chimney.

A snake curled around his leg.

Her daughter has cute blonde curls.

She likes to wear her hair in curls.

The conditioner will help you keep the curl of your hair.

His hair has a natural curl.

He did 12 wrist curls.

Mary was busy curling her hair.

Ivy curled round the tree.

Morning mists curled across the river.

Phrasal verbs

curl up  — shape one's body into a curl

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: curl
he/she/it: curls
present participle: curling
past tense: curled
past participle: curled
noun
singular: curl
plural: curls
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