[
US
/ˈkɝɫ/
]
[ UK /kˈɜːl/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːl/ ]
VERB
-
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
curl my hair, please -
form a curl, curve, or kink
the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling -
shape one's body into a curl
She fell and drew in
She curled farther down under the covers - wind around something in coils or loops
- play the Scottish game of curling
NOUN
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
How To Use curl In A Sentence
- It was only a couple of minutes after his toe-curling DJ'ing started that I gave up and turned over.
- Goldman Sachs JB Were analyst Marcus Curley, who has a "buy" rating on the shares, forecasts a price of NZ$6. 20 to NZ$6. 40 if the acquirer is another casino company. The Blind Bet for Sky City
- Then there were the curling sessions, saunas, card games and his hobby of star-gazing. The Sun
- Decorate the cake with chocolate curls.
- He lacks any backbone, as becomes apparent during the toe-curling dinner party that forms the play.
- If you think baroque is all about curlicues and foofaraws, Rome is the place to learn otherwise.
- She curled her hair into soft waves and put on the white gold earrings her father had given her.
- Anyhow it took Jae over an hour to cut my hair as I went from having curls half way down my back to wearing it cropped like a boy.
- He had a shock of brown curls and a wide mouth. Times, Sunday Times
- Both my parents have curly brown hair.
