curl
verb
[ kəːl ]
• form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.
• "her fingers curled round the microphone"
Similar:
wind,
twine,
entwine,
wrap,
crimp,
wave,
tong,
perm,
go curly,
go frizzy,
frizz out,
frizzle,
crinkle,
• (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"
curl
noun
• something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.
• "her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls"
Similar:
ringlet,
corkscrew,
coil,
kink,
wave,
kiss-curl,
spiral,
wreath,
twirl,
swirl,
furl,
twist,
curlicue,
whorl,
helix,
gyre,
• a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
• "a dumb-bell curl"
• a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field.
Origin:
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul .
