1. curl - noun
· a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Synonym(s): coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
Hypernym(s): round_shape
2. curl - noun
· American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Synonym(s): Curl, Robert_Curl, Robert_F._Curl, Robert_Floyd_Curl_Jr.
3. curl - noun
· a strand or cluster of hair
Synonym(s): lock, ringlet, whorl
Hypernym(s): hair
4. curl - verb
· form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
Hypernym(s): change_surface
5. curl - verb
· shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
6. curl - verb
· wind around something in coils or loops
Hypernym(s): wind, wrap, roll, twine
7. curl - verb
· twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
Synonym(s): wave
Hypernym(s): twist
8. curl - verb
· play the Scottish game of curling
Hypernym(s): play
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