'Curl' definitions:

Definition of 'curl'

(from WordNet)
noun
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
noun
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) [syn: Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.]
noun
A strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet, whorl]
verb
Form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" [syn: curl, curve, kink]
verb
Shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" [syn: curl up, curl, draw in]
verb
Wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, loop, curl] [ant: uncoil]
verb
Twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" [syn: curl, wave]
verb
Play the Scottish game of curling

Definition of 'Curl'

From: GCIDE
  • Curl \Curl\ (k[^u]rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k[^u]rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. kr["o]lle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller.]
  • 1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. [1913 Webster]
  • But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. --Cascoigne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body. [1913 Webster]
  • Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. [1913 Webster]
  • Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg[ae]ra. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Curling with metaphors a plain intention. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. [1913 Webster]
  • Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Curl'

From: GCIDE
  • Curl \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. [1913 Webster]
  • If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. [1913 Webster]
  • Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Curl'

From: GCIDE
  • Curl \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. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Then round her slender waist he curled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Curling smokes from village tops are seen. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. --Bret Harte. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'curl'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Curl'