Definition of Curl

Noun

  • a strand or cluster of hair
  • 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

  • play the Scottish game of curling
  • twist or roll into coils or ringlets
    "curl my hair, please"
  • wind around something in coils or loops
  • 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"
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Unscramble curl

6 unscramble word found using the letters curl.

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