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curl
verb(curl)
wind around something in coils or loops
Synonyms: coil, loop,
curl
verb(curl)
form a curl, curve, or kink
Synonyms: curve, kink,
Examples:
The cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling.
curl
noun(curl)
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Synonyms: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl,
curl
noun(curl)
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Synonyms: robert curl, robert f. curl, robert floyd curl jr.,
curl
verb(curl)
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Synonyms: wave,
Examples:
Curl my hair, please.
curl
noun(curl)
a strand or cluster of hair
Synonyms: lock, ringlet, whorl,
curl
verb(curl)
shape one's body into a curl
Synonyms: curl up, draw in,
Examples:
She curled farther down under the covers.
curl
verb(curl)
play the Scottish game of curling

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