Defenition of the word curl
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Defenition of the word curl
- To twist or roll into coils, spirals or ringlets.
- wind around something in coils or loops
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
- shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"
- a strand or cluster of hair
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- play the Scottish game of curling
- shape one''s body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- form a curl, curve, or kink
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets
- shape one's body into a curl
Synonyms for the word curl
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- bend
- coil
- curl up
- curlicue
- curve
- gyre
- kink
- lock
- loop
- ringlet
- roll
- scroll
- twist
- wave
- whorl
- wind
Similar words in the curl
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- curl
- curled
- curler
- curler's
- curlers
- curlew
- curlew's
- curlews
- curlicue
- curlicue's
- curlicued
- curlicues
- curlicuing
- curlier
- curliest
- curliness
- curliness's
- curling
- curling's
- curls
Meronymys for the word curl
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- coiffure
- hair style
- hairdo
Hyponyms for the word curl
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- calyx
- corolla
- crape
- crimp
- dreadlock
- forelock
- frizz
- frizzle
- kink
- kink up
- sausage curl
- verticil
Hypernyms for the word curl
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- bend
- change surface
- chemist
- coil
- flex
- hair
- helix
- play
- roll
- round shape
- spiral
- surname
- twine
- twist
- volute
- whorl
- wind
- wrap
Antonyms for the word curl
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