curl
14
1.0
- noun
- /kɜrl/
:
espiral
- She gently tucked a curl of hair behind her ear to keep it out of her face.
- a curl of smoke
- a curl of the lip
- leaf curl
Unrivaled volume and curl lash wax got this at Sephora.
- Unrivaled volume and curl lash wax got this at Sephora.
Examples
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I get a really nice loose curl, exactly what I want.
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And now the curls have cooled and it's time to take them down.
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OK so now that my hair is all curls I am going to take these out.
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Beautiful big curl in these lashes.
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Only her hair, a mass of tight golden curls, did not move.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I like that," Antoinette reached out to touch a stray curl of my hair.
Fiction book (1998) -
Dark had fallen, and the thin curl of the moon had swollen and leaned closer.
Fiction book (1998) -
At the creek's edge, where the water lingered and eddied, curls of steam rose into the still air.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sidonia would gaze at her mother's soft dark curls, her dark melancholy eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The artist captured the delicate curl of the leaf in her painting.
Synonyms
20
3.7
A length of wire or rope wound in loops
11
6.0
A spiral shape that winds around like a spring or staircase
6
4.8
A spiral or curled shape often used as a decoration
5
8.1
A spiral pattern seen in hair, leaves or smoke
4
7.9
A small decorative curl or twist in handwriting
A small round shape made of rings, like on a flower or leaf
A small curled piece of hair, thread, or other thin material
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.5
An exercise that bends the knee to lift the lower leg toward the buttocks and work the hamstrings
How Curled
14
1.0
5
8.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curl originally meant a small 'twist' or 'coil', like a roll of something. That is why we use curl for the spiral shape you see in leaves, petals, or shells.