curl
/kɜɹl/ verb C2- To cause to move in a curve.
- To make into a curl or spiral.
- To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To move in curves.
- To take part in the sport of curling. · I curl at my local club every weekend.
- To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
He/she/it curls · Past curled · Past participle curled · -ing form curling
Verb forms
- Base form
- curl
- He/she/it
- curls
- Past
- curled
- Past participle
- curled
- -ing form
- curling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He’s all the time curling his mustache and making eyes at Prissy Andrews.
The sheets were made of blue cloth, and Dorothy slept soundly in them till morning, with Toto curled up on the blue rug beside her.
IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself a house.
The Lion also curled himself up to sleep and Toto lay beside him.
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