curl

Definitions of curl in various dictionaries:

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

noun - a strand or cluster of hair

verb - form a curl, curve, or kink

verb - shape one's body into a curl

verb - wind around something in coils or loops

verb - twist or roll into coils or ringlets

verb - play the Scottish game of curling

To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.

To form into a coiled or spiral shape: curled the ends of the ribbon.

To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.

To raise and turn under (the upper lip), as in snarling or showing scorn.

To form ringlets or coils.

To assume a spiral or curved shape.

To move in a curve or spiral: The wave curled over the surfer.

To engage in curling.

Something with a spiral or coiled shape.

A coil or ringlet of hair.

A treatment in which the hair is curled.

The act of curling: the curl of a meandering river.

The state of being curled.

A weightlifting exercise using one or two hands, in which a barbell held at the thigh or to the side of the body is raised to the chest or shoulder and then lowered without moving the upper arms, shoulders, or back.

Any of various plant diseases in which the leaves roll up.

verb - to form into ringlets