Curl Synonyms & Definitions

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• CurlDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.
2. (v.) An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.
3. (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.
4. (v. i.) 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.
5. (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpents body.
6. (v.) A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken.
7. (v. i.) To play at the game called curling.
8. (n.) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
9. (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls.
10. (n.) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
11. (n.) To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.

• CurledDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Curl
2. (a.) Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinuous course).