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curl

/kɜrl/

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verb
wind around something in coils or loops
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coil loop

type of:
wind roll wrap twine
verb
form a curl, curve, or kink
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"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

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curve kink

type of:
change surface
noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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coil curlicue gyre ringlet roll scroll whorl

type of:
round shape
noun
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
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robert curl robert f. curl robert floyd curl jr.
verb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
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"curl my hair, please"

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wave

type of:
twist
noun
a strand or cluster of hair
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lock ringlet whorl

type of:
hair

part of:
hair style hairdo hairstyle coiffure coif
verb
shape one's body into a curl
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"She curled farther down under the covers"

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curl up draw in

type of:
flex bend
verb
play the Scottish game of curling
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type of:
play

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