Dictionary definition · Curl
noun
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
verb
- form a curl, curve, or kink"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- shape one's body into a curl"She curled farther down under the covers"
- wind around something in coils or loops
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets"curl my hair, please"
- play the Scottish game of curling
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).