Curl
/kə:l/
Definition
Noun:
- A strand or cluster of hair that forms a curved or spiral shape: A "curl" is a piece of hair that is not straight but forms a loop or ringlet.
- A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles: This meaning describes a shape that coils or spirals inward, like the pattern of a seashell or a coiled fern.
- A person (Robert F. Curl Jr.): A proper noun referring to an American chemist and Nobel laureate.
Verb:
- To form into a curved or spiral shape: To cause something to become curved, coiled, or wavy.
- To move in a curved or spiral path: To follow a winding or circular course.
- To play the sport of curling: To participate in the ice sport where stones are slid across ice towards a target.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Her hair fell in perfect golden curls.
- The plant's new leaves emerged in a tight curl.
- Verb:
- Can you curl this ribbon for the gift?
- Smoke began to curl from the chimney.
- They curl every weekend at the local ice rink.
Advanced Usage
- "to curl one's lip": to raise one side of the upper lip to show contempt or disgust.
- He merely curled his lip in disdain at the suggestion.
- "to curl up with a book": to make oneself comfortable in a cozy, relaxed position to read.
- On rainy days, I love to curl up with a good novel.
Variants and Related Words
- Curly (adj): having curls or a wavy form.
- She has naturally curly hair.
- Curler (n): a cylindrical object around which hair is wound to produce curls.
- She put her hair in curlers before bed.
- Uncurl (v): to straighten out from a curled position.
- The fern frond will uncurl as it grows.
Synonyms
- Coil (v/n): to wind into rings; a single ring of such a series.
- Spiral (v/n): to follow a winding, continuously tightening or loosening course; a shape of such a course.
- Ringlet (n): a small curl of hair.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Curl up:
- To sit or lie down with your legs drawn close to your body for comfort or warmth.
- The cat curled up by the fireplace.
- (Informal) To become embarrassed or cringe.
- I curl up inside when I remember my old fashion choices.
- Curl over: (Of a wave) to break and form a hollow arch as it falls.
- The massive wave curled over the surfer.
Related Idioms
- To make someone's hair curl: to shock or horrify someone.
- The stories from his travels would make your hair curl.
- To curl the/one's hair: (Similar to above) to be shocking or terrifying.
- The price of that car is enough to curl your hair.
Noun
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a strand or cluster of hair
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American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
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a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Verb
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play the Scottish game of curling
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twist or roll into coils or ringlets
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curl my hair, please
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wind around something in coils or loops
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shape one's body into a curl
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She curled farther down under the covers
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She fell and drew in
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form a curl, curve, or kink
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the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
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