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Curl
kəːl
- form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape
"her fingers curled round the microphone"
- sit or lie with the knees drawn up
"she curled up and went to sleep"
- move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course
"a wisp of smoke curling across the sky"
- (with reference to one's mouth or upper lip) raise or cause to raise slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval
"Maria saw his lip curl sardonically"
- (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms
"slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height"
- play at the game of curling
"during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond"
- something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair
"her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls"
ringlet corkscrew coil kink wave spiral coil wreath twirl swirl furl twist corkscrew curlicue whorl helix gyre- a curling movement
"the sneering curl of his lip"
- (with reference to a person's hair) a state or condition of being curled
"your hair has a natural curl"
- a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms
"a dumbbell curl"
- a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field