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   Curl

   /kərl/

   

   verb

   • 1. form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape: "her fingers curled around the microphone" Similar windtwineentwinewrapcrimpwavetongpermgo curlygo frizzyfrizz outfrizzlecrinkle
   • ▪ sit or lie with the knees drawn up: "she curled up and went to sleep" Similar nestlesnugglecuddlehuddlesnug down
   • ▪ move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course: "a wisp of smoke curling across the sky" Similar spiralcoilwreathetwirlswirlfurlwindcurvebendtwisttwist and turnloopmeandersnakecorkscrewzigzag
   • ▪ (with reference to one's mouth or upper lip) raise or cause to raise slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval: "Maria saw his lip curl sardonically"
   • 2. (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms: "slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height"
   • 3. play at the game of curling: "during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond"

   noun

   • 1. something having a spiral or inwardly curved form, especially a lock of hair: "her blond hair was a mass of tangled curls" Similar ringletcorkscrewcoilkinkwavekiss-curlspiralcoilwreathtwirlswirlfurltwistcorkscrewcurlicuewhorlhelixgyre
   • ▪ a curling movement: "the sneering curl of his lip"
   • ▪ (with reference to a person's hair) a state or condition of being curled: "your hair has a natural curl"
   • ▪ see leaf curl
   • 2. a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms: "a dumbbell curl"
   • 3. the vector product of the operator del and a given vector.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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