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Curl

noun

1.

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.

2.

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..

3.

A strand or cluster of hair. Synonyms: lock, ringlet, whorl.

verb

(past & past part. curled; pres. part. curling)

1.

Form a curl, curve, or kink. Synonyms: curve, kink.

2.

Shape one's body into a curl. Synonyms: curl up, draw in. "She fell and drew in"

3.

Wind around something in coils or loops. Synonyms: coil, loop.

4.

Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. Synonym: wave.

5.

Play the Scottish game of curling.

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"Curl" Quotes from Famous Books

... Connie would grow out of it. Meanwhile you could see he wouldn't. Mr. Hancock had red whiskers, and his face squatted down in his collar, instead of rising nobly up out of it like Papa's. It looked as if it was thinking things that made its eyes bulge and its mouth curl over and slide like a drawn loop. When you talked about Mr. Hancock, Papa gave a funny laugh as if he was something improper. He said Connie ought to ...

— Life and Death of Harriett Frean • May Sinclair

... A slight curl might be seen playing around the dirty lip of Moses junior at this parental ignorance of the immortal Will: a stern sacrifice of filial reverence ...

— Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 • Various

... are not a very enthusiastic or grateful young woman," said he at last tweaking a curl that hung low on her cheek. "Here I am inviting you to tour the world with me and all you say is: 'I'll think about it!' How's ...

— The Story of Glass • Sara Ware Bassett

... many slices of bread as you require. Wipe enough oysters to cover them and season with pepper and salt. Put a little hot water over the bread and place in a very hot oven, until the edges of the oysters curl. Serve hot, ...

— Things Mother Used To Make • Lydia Maria Gurney

... lay over them. Sentiment was more popular then than it is now, and, as do all beginners, I scrupulously followed fashion. Generally speaking, to be a heroine of mine was fatal. However naturally her hair might curl—and curly hair, I believe, is the hall-mark of vitality; whatever other indications of vigorous health she might exhibit in the first chapter, such as "dancing eyes," "colour that came and went," "ringing laughter," "fawn-like agility," she was tolerably certain, poor girl, ...

— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

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