Noun
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a strand or cluster of hair
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American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- robert curl - robert f. curl - robert floyd curl jr. -
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Verb
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play the Scottish game of curling
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twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
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wind around something in coils or loops
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shape one's body into a curl
"She curled farther down under the covers"
"She fell and drew in"
- curl up - draw in -
form a curl, curve, or kink
"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"