curl
A curving piece or lock of hairA curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
» The cat was curled up asleep.
Meaning
12 sensesA curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
My hair doesn't have much curl.
Locke
ло́конlókon, завито́кzavitók, кудря́шкаkudrjáška
кучерkučer
lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
A curved stroke or shape.
завито́кzavitók, завиту́шкаzavitúška
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
(proper noun)The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
ро́торrótor
(uncountable)Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
The one-piece back is of a medium curl.
A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
(in the plural)A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
The concave part of a breaking wave.
Examples
88 sentencesThe cat was curled up asleep.
She keeps her hair in curls.
Tom curled up on the davenport.
Tom curled up into a ball.
Curling is my favorite sport to watch.
Translations
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Origin
From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probabFrom metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin.
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Forms
plural: curls| Singular | curl |
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uncountable
Synonyms
15 synonyms- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933):Robert CurlRobert F. CurlRobert Floyd Curl Jr.
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl:whorlringlet
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals):coilwhorlrollcurlicueringletgyrescroll
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable