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curl

(k/[@]/rl )

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)(noun.shape)

Synonym:
coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl

source: wordnet30
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)(noun.person)

Synonym:
robert curl, robert f. curl, robert floyd curl jr.

source: wordnet30
a strand or cluster of hair(noun.body)

Synonym:
lock, ringlet, whorl

source: wordnet30
A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.(noun)

source: webster1913

form a curl, curve, or kink(verb.change)

Example:
The cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling.

Synonym:
curve, kink

source: wordnet30
shape one's body into a curl(verb.motion)

Example:
She curled farther down under the covers.

Synonym:
curl up, draw in

source: wordnet30
wind around something in coils or loops(verb.contact)

Synonym:
coil, loop
Antonym:
uncoil

source: wordnet30
twist or roll into coils or ringlets(verb.contact)

Example:
Curl my hair, please.

Synonym:
wave

source: wordnet30
play the Scottish game of curling(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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