Definition of Curl. Meaning of Curl. Synonyms of Curl

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Definition of Curl

Curl
Curl Curl, v. i. 1. 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. Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. --Shak. 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. --Dryden. Curling smokes from village tops are seen. --Pope. Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. --Byron. He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. --Bret Harte. 3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]
Curl
Curl Curl (k[^u]rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr["o]lle. 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. --Milton. 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. --Sir I. Newton. 3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.

Meaning of Curl from wikipedia

- cURL (pronounced like "curl", /kɜːrl/) is a computer software project providing a library (libcurl) and command-line tool (curl) for transferring data...
- Look up curl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Curl or CURL may refer to: Curl (mathematics), a vector operator that shows a vector field's rate of rotation...
- In vector calculus, the curl, also known as rotor, is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in three-dimensional...
- part of the Northern Beaches region. Curl Curl Lagoon and Greendale Cr****, separate Curl Curl from North Curl Curl. Neighbouring suburbs include Freshwater...
- The Jheri curl (often spelled Jerry curl or Jeri Curl) is a permanent wave hairstyle that was po****r among African Americans during the 1980s and early...
- The American Curl is a cat characterised by its unusual ears, which curl back from the face toward the center of the back of the skull. The breed originated...
- Kamren Curl (born March 3, 1999) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He pla**** college football...
- Bicep curls are a group of weight training exercises in which a person bends their arm towards their body at the elbow in order to make their biceps stronger...
- wave and curl patterns are looser and more prominent. The term "s-curl" soon came to describe the hairstyle acquired from the use of the S-Curl line products...
- Rip Curl is a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of surfing sportswear (also known as boardwear) and accompanying products, and a major athletic sponsor...