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curl

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Noun

  1. A curving piece or [[lock]] of [[hair]]; a [[ringlet]].
  2. A [[curved]] stroke or shape.
  3. A [[spin]] making the [[trajectory]] of an object [[curve]].
  4. {{lb|en|curling}} Movement of a moving [[rock]] away from a straight line.
  5. {{lb|en|weightlifting}} Any [[exercise]] performed by bending the [[arm]], [[wrist]], or [[leg]] on the [[exertion]] against [[resistance]], especially those that train the [[biceps]].
  6. {{lb|en|calculus}} The [[vector field]] denoting the [[rotation]]ality of a given vector field.
  7. {{lb|en|calculus|proper noun}} The vector [[operator]], denoted <small><math>\rm{curl}\;</math></small> or <small><math>\vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}</math></small>, that generates this field.
  8. {{lb|en|agriculture|phytopathology|uncountable}} Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to [[curl up]]; often specifically the [[potato curl]].
  9. {{lb|en|music|chiefly|lutherie}} The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the [[flame]].
  10. {{lb|en|American football}} A [[pattern]] where the [[receiver]] appears to be running a [[fly]] pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a [[pass]].
  11. {{lb|en|baking|chiefly|in the plural}} A [[thin]], [[curved]] piece of [[chocolate]] used as [[decoration]].
  12. {{lb|en|surfing}} The [[concave]] part of a breaking [[wave]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to move in a [[curve]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make into a curl or [[spiral]].
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To assume the shape of a curl or [[spiral]].
  4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move in [[curve]]s.
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|curling}} To take part in the sport of [[curling]].
  6. {{lb|en|transitive|weightlifting}} To [[exercise]] by bending the [[arm]], [[wrist]], or [[leg]] on the [[exertion]] against [[resistance]], especially of the [[biceps]].
  7. To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into [[ringlet]]s.
  8. To deck with, or as if with, curls; to [[ornament]].
  9. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
  10. {{lb|en|hat-making}} To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en}}.

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