curl

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American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

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To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

Noun
a strand or cluster of hair

Noun
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)

Noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

Verb
form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

Verb
play the Scottish game of curling

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Verb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

Verb
wind around something in coils or loops

Verb
shape one''s body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"

n.
To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

n.
To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.

n.
To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.

n.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

n.
To shape (the brim) into a curve.

v. i.
To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.

v. i.
To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls.

v. i.
To play at the game called curling.

v.
A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.

v.
An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.

v.
A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.

Curl

Curl (k?rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k?rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. krlle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller.] 1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.
Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve.
3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.
Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg'91ra.
Curling with metaphors a plain intention.
4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves.
5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.

Curl

Curl, v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curis or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.
Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature.
2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. "Cirling billows." Dryden.
Then round her slender waist he curled.
Curling smokes from village tops are seen.
Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow.
He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor.
3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]

Curl

Curl (k?rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. krlle. See Curl, v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played.
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes.
3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

To contract or bend into curis or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.

A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.

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Usage Examples

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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Other Usage Examples

My Christmas wish would be to have an entire week off. To spend it with my family and just curl up and watch Christmas movies when it's snowing outside.