curl
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(verb) form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved" |
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Synonyms: curve, kink |
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Related Words: change surface |
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(verb) twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" |
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Synonyms: wave |
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Related Words: crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up, twist |
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(verb) shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers" |
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Synonyms: curl up |
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Related Words: bend, flex |
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(noun) a strand or cluster of hair |
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Synonyms: lock, ringlet, whorl |
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Related Words: crimp, forelock, hair, sausage curl |
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(verb) wind around something in coils or loops |
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Synonyms: coil, loop |
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Related Words: roll, wind, wrap |
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(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles |
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Synonyms: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
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Related Words: round shape, verticil |
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