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curl

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

curl / kərl/ • v. 1. form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape: [intr.] her fingers curled around the microphone [tr.] she used to curl her hair with rags. ∎ [intr.] (curl up) sit or lie with the knees drawn up. ∎ move or cause to move in a spiral or curved course: [intr.] a wisp of smoke curling across the sky. ∎ (with reference to one's mouth or upper lip) raise or cause to raise slightly on one side as an expression of contempt or disapproval: [intr.] Maria saw his lip curl sardonically. ∎ (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms. 2. [intr.] play at the game of curling. • n. 1. a lock of hair having a spiral or coiled form. ∎ a thing having a spiral or inwardly curved form. ∎ a curling movement. ∎ (with reference to a person's hair) a state or condition of being curled. ∎ see leaf curl. ∎ a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms. 2. Math. the vector product of the operator del and a given vector.

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curl

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

curl twist or form into ringlets. First recorded (XIV) in pp. crolled, crulled, extended form with -ED 1 of ME. crolle, crulle — MDu. krul ( = MHG. krol) curly, prob. rel. to MLG. krūs crisp, curly (G. kraus curled).
Hence curl sb. XVII; whence curly (see -Y 1) XVIII.

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curl

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

curl •birl, burl, churl, curl, earl, Erle, furl, girl, herl, hurl, knurl, merle, pas seul, pearl, purl, Searle, skirl, squirl, swirl, twirl, whirl, whorl •salesgirl •ballgirl, call girl •cowgirl • showgirl • schoolgirl •choirgirl • weathergirl • Husserl

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