Curl - Definition

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