Curl meanings. All definitions of Curl

countable noun curl If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals. 3

uncountable noun curl If your hair has curl, it is full of curls. 3

verb curl If your hair curls or if you curl it, it is full of curls. 3

countable noun curl A curl of something is a piece or quantity of it that is curved or spiral in shape. 3

verb curl If your toes, fingers, or other parts of your body curl, or if you curl them, they form a curved or round shape. 3

verb curl If something curls somewhere, or if you curl it there, it moves there in a spiral or curve. 3

verb curl If a person or animal curls into a ball, they move into a position in which their body makes a rounded shape. 3

verb curl Curl up means the same as curl. 3

verb curl When a leaf, a piece of paper, or another flat object curls, its edges bend towards the centre. 3

ergative verb curl If you curl your lip, you raise your upper lip slightly at one side, as a way of showing anger or contempt. 3

verb curl (esp of hair) to grow into curves or ringlets 3

verb curl to twist or roll (something, esp hair) into coils or ringlets 3

verb curl to become or cause to become spiral-shaped or curved; coil 3

verb curl to move in a curving or twisting manner 3

verb curl to play the game of curling 3

noun curl a curve or coil of hair 3

noun curl a curved or spiral shape or mark, as in wood 3

noun curl the act of curling or state of being curled 3

noun curl any of various plant diseases characterized by curling of the leaves 3

noun curl a vector quantity associated with a vector field that is the vector product of the operator ∇ and a vector function A, where ∇ = i∂/∂x + j∂/∂by + k∂/∂z,i, j, and k being unit vectors. Usually written curl A, rot A 3

verb transitive curl to wind or twist (esp. hair) into ringlets or coils 3

verb transitive curl to cause to roll over or bend around 3

verb transitive curl to raise the upper corner of (the lip), as in showing contempt or scorn 3

intransitive verb curl to form curls; become curled 3

intransitive verb curl to assume a spiral or curved shape 3

intransitive verb curl to move in spirals; undulate 3

noun curl a little coil of hair; ringlet 3

noun curl anything with a spiral or curled shape; any coil 3

noun curl a curling or being curled 3

noun curl any of various diseases of plants in which the leaves curl up 3

noun curl an exercise in which a weight or other resistance is pulled upward in a curl-like motion by a fully extended arm or leg 3

verb with object curl to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair. 1

verb with object curl to form into a spiral or curved shape; coil. 1

verb with object curl to adorn with, or as with, curls or ringlets. 1

verb without object curl to grow in or form curls or ringlets, as the hair. 1

verb without object curl to become curved or undulated. 1

verb without object curl to coil. 1

verb without object curl to play at the game of curling. 1

verb without object curl to progress in a curving direction or path; move in a curving or spiraling way: The ball curled toward the plate. 1

noun curl a coil or ringlet of hair. 1

noun curl anything of a spiral or curved shape, as a lettuce leaf, wood shaving, etc. 1

noun curl a coil. 1

noun curl the act of curling or state of being curled. 1

noun curl Plant Pathology. the distortion, fluting, or puffing of a leaf, resulting from the unequal development of its two sides. a disease so characterized. 1

noun curl Also called rotation. Mathematics. a vector obtained from a given vector by taking its cross product with the vector whose coordinates are the partial derivative operators with respect to each coordinate. the operation that produces this vector. 1

noun curl Weightlifting. an underhand forearm lift in which the barbell, held against the thighs, is raised to the chest and then lowered while keeping the legs, upper arms, and shoulders taut. a similar forearm lift using a dumbbell or dumbbells, usually from the side of the body to the shoulders. 1

idioms curl curl one's lip, to assume or display an expression of contempt: He curled his lip in disdain. 1

idioms curl curl one's / the hair, to fill with horror or fright; shock: Some of his stories about sailing across the Atlantic are enough to curl one's hair. 1

noun curl curled lock of hair 1

noun plural curl wavy or frizzy hairstyle 1

ALL meanings of curl