ALL meanings of curling
curl·ing
C c - noun curling a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee) 3
- noun curling a game played on ice by two teams of four players each, in which a heavy, thick disk of stone or iron (curling stone) is slid toward a target circle at the other end of the rink: players may sweep the ice before the moving disk to remove ice particles and other foreign matter and control the course and speed of the disk 3
- adjective curling turning up at edges 1
- noun curling sport: team game on ice 1
- noun curling a coil or ringlet of hair. 1
- noun curling anything of a spiral or curved shape, as a lettuce leaf, wood shaving, etc. 1
- noun curling a coil. 1
- noun curling the act of curling or state of being curled. 1
- noun curling A game played on ice, especially in Scotland and Canada, in which large, round, flat stones are slid across the surface toward a mark . Members of a team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction. 1
- noun curling 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 curling 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 curling 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
- verb with object curling to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair. 1
- verb with object curling to form into a spiral or curved shape; coil. 1
- verb with object curling to adorn with, or as with, curls or ringlets. 1
- verb without object curling to grow in or form curls or ringlets, as the hair. 1
- verb without object curling to become curved or undulated. 1
- verb without object curling to coil. 1
- verb without object curling to play at the game of curling. 1
- verb without object curling to progress in a curving direction or path; move in a curving or spiraling way: The ball curled toward the plate. 1
- idioms curling curl one's lip, to assume or display an expression of contempt: He curled his lip in disdain. 1
- idioms curling 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 curling The action or motion of something that curls. 0
- noun curling A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice). 0
- verb curling present participle of curl. 0