curl

IPA: kˈɝɫ

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
A curved stroke or shape.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
(weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
(calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
(agriculture, phytopathology) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
(American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
(baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
A surname.

(transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
(transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
(intransitive) To move in curves.
(intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
(transitive, weightlifting) 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.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
(hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

Examples of "curl" in Sentences

The sides of the lip curl upward.
The girl's hair is curled many times.
The Caterpillar lives in the curled up leaves.
This shows the physical significance of the curl.
The edges of the leaves are curled over and wavy.
Both the curl and the divergence of this field vanish.
The extremities of the side walls are curled inwardly.
Brunt began curling competitively at the age of fourteen.
The curl of hair on their head is similar to the hairstyle Elvis Presley had.
A permanent wave, or perm, creates curls by using strong chemicals in ways similar to hair straighteners, breaking and then reforming the bonds in hair.