curl
Nouns
- (n) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl, coil, roll,
- (n) American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.,
- (n) a strand or cluster of hair lock, ringlet, whorl,
Verbs
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(v) form a curl, curve, or kink
- the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
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(v) shape one's body into a curl
- She curled farther down under the covers
- She fell and drew in
- (v) wind around something in coils or loops coil, loop,
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(v) twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- curl my hair, please
- (v) play the Scottish game of curling
Synonyms
kink curve curlicue gyre ringlet scroll whorl coil roll Robert Curl Robert F. Curl Robert Floyd Curl Jr. curl up draw in loop lock waveAntonyms
uncoilWords of close approximity
curled
curled leaf pondweed
curler
curlew
curlew sandpiper
curlicue
curliness
curling
curling iron
curl up
curly
curly clematis
curly-coated
curly-coated retriever
curlycup gumweed
curly endive
curly-grained
curly grass
curly grass fern
curly-haired
curly-heads
curly-leafed
curly-leaved
curly pondweed