Curl Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Curl

Meaning 1 : wind around something in coils or loops

    Synonyms : coil,  loop
Meaning 2 : form a curl, curve, or kink

    Example : the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling

    Synonyms : curve,  kink
Meaning 3 : 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
Meaning 4 : 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.
Meaning 5 : twist or roll into coils or ringlets

    Example : curl my hair, please

    Synonyms : wave
Meaning 6 : a strand or cluster of hair

    Synonyms : lock,  ringlet,  whorl
Meaning 7 : shape one's body into a curl

    Example : She curled farther down under the covers

    Synonyms : curl up,  draw in
Meaning 8 : play the Scottish game of curling

How to Pronounce Curl

  • kɜrl


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