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curl

/ curl /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Type of:
chemist
verb Sense 2
form a curl, curve, or kink
"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
Type of:
change surface
Derived:
kink twist twirl bend curve
Entails:
flex bend deform
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
play the Scottish game of curling
Type of:
play
Derived:
curling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
sport athletics
verb Sense 4
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
Type of:
twist
Kinds of:
crimp crape frizzle frizz kink up
Derived:
wave lock ringlet whorl curler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 5
a strand or cluster of hair
Type of:
hair
Kinds of:
sausage curl forelock crimp dreadlock
Has parts:
hairdo hair style coiffure
Derived:
wave
verb Sense 6
shape one''s body into a curl
"She curled farther down under the covers"
"She fell and drew in"
Type of:
bend flex
Derived:
coil whorl roll curlicue ringlet
Verb group:
attract pull pull in draw draw in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
wind around something in coils or loops
Opposites:
uncoil
Type of:
wind wrap roll
Derived:
coil whorl roll curlicue ringlet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 8
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
Type of:
round shape
Kinds of:
corolla calyx verticil
Derived:
coil loop curl up draw in curve
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
62
Times Searched
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chemist change surface play twist crimp crape frizzle frizz kink up hair sausage curl forelock