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Meaning of curl

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  curl
      n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
           formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: {coil}, {whorl},
           {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
      2: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto
         discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry
         (born in 1933) [syn: {Curl}, {Robert Curl}, {Robert F. Curl},
         {Robert Floyd Curl Jr.}]
      3: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: {lock}, {curl}, {ringlet},
         {whorl}]
      v 1: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
           the ceiling" [syn: {curl}, {curve}, {kink}]
      2: shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under
         the covers"; "She fell and drew in" [syn: {curl up}, {curl},
         {draw in}]
      3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: {coil}, {loop},
         {curl}] [ant: {uncoil}]
      4: twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
         [syn: {curl}, {wave}]
      5: play the Scottish game of curling

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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