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Adjective: curled  kurld
  1. (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
    - curling
Verb: curl  kurl
  1. Form a curl, curve, or kink
    "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling";
    - curve, kink
     
  2. Shape one's body into a curl
    "She curled farther down under the covers";
    - curl up, draw in
     
  3. Wind around something in coils or loops
    - coil, loop
     
  4. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
    "curl my hair, please";
    - wave
     
  5. (sport) play the Scottish game of curling

See also: curly

Type of: bend, change surface, flex, play, roll, twine, twist, wind[2], wrap

Encyclopedia: Curl, Joseph