curl

Nouns

Verbs

  • (v) form a curl, curve, or kink
    • the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
    kink, curve,
  • (v) shape one's body into a curl
    • She curled farther down under the covers
    • She fell and drew in
    curl up, draw in,
  • (v) wind around something in coils or loops coil, loop,
  • (v) twist or roll into coils or ringlets
    • curl my hair, please
    wave,
  • (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 wave

Antonyms

uncoil

Words of close approximity

curb curd cure curt
cub cud cue cul cum cup cur cut
Cuba cube cuff cuke cull culm cult cunt Cuon curb curd cure curt cusk cusp cuss cute
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