noun 1. a lock of hair which twists ○ The little girl looked so sweet with her golden curls. 2. a twist in the hair ○ My hair has a natural curl. ■ verb 1. to make hair twist round ○ She curled her hair round her finger. ○ She went to the hairdresser’s to have her hair curled. 2. to twist ○ my hair curls naturally ○ Some creepers curl round other plants. 3. □ to curl up to bend your body into a round shape ○ She curled up on the sofa and went to sleep.
curl
(kûrl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (kûrld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. krölle, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller.]
1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. “But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
Cascoigne.”
2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent’s body. “Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve.
Milton.”
3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. “Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMegaera.
Milton.” “Curling with metaphors a plain intention.
Herbert.”
4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. “Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves.
Dryden.”
5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. “But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
Cascoigne.”
2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent’s body. “Of his tortuous train,
Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve.
Milton.”
3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament. “Thicker than the snaky locks
That curledMegaera.
Milton.” “Curling with metaphors a plain intention.
Herbert.”
4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. “Seas would be pools without the brushing air
To curl the waves.
Dryden.”
5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.
curl
v. i. 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as leaves lie curled on the ground. “Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature.
Shak.”
2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. ´Cirling billows.´ Dryden. “Then round her slender waist he curled.
Dryden.” “Curling smokes from village tops are seen.
Pope.” “Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow.
Byron.” “He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor.
Bret Harte.”
3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]
Shak.”
2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. ´Cirling billows.´ Dryden. “Then round her slender waist he curled.
Dryden.” “Curling smokes from village tops are seen.
Pope.” “Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow.
Byron.” “He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor.
Bret Harte.”
3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]
curl
(kûrl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. krölle. See Curl, v. ]
1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. “Under a coronet, his flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played.
Milton.”
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. “If the glass of the prisms … be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes.
Sir I. Newton.”
3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.
1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. “Under a coronet, his flowing hair
In curls on either cheek played.
Milton.”
2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. “If the glass of the prisms … be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes.
Sir I. Newton.”
3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.
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