1. (noun) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Synonyms: curl, scroll, curlicue, bankroll, pealing, cast, helix, coil, paradiddle, rolling wave, drum roll, peal, ringlet butterfly, axial rotation, roll, volute, spiral, ringlet, roster, bowl, squiggle, lock, axial motion, whorl, gyre, rolling, roller, bun
2. (noun) Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
Synonyms: roll, gyre, coil, lock, ringlet, curlicue, whorl, scroll
3. (verb) lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
a strand or cluster of hair
Synonyms: roll, gyre, ringlet butterfly, volute, coil, lock, ignition lock, ringlet, helix, curlicue, spiral, curl, lock chamber, whorl, scroll
4. (verb) curl, curve, kink
form a curl, curve, or kink
Synonyms: wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, curve, kink, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in
5. (verb) curl up, curl, draw in
shape one's body into a curl
Synonyms: wave, curl up, curl, retract, loop, coil, draw, move in, pull in, suck in, pull, curve, kink, get in, attract, close in, draw in
6. (verb) coil, loop, curl
wind around something in coils or loops
Synonyms: kink, hand-build, handbuild, coil, intertwine, loop, curl up, draw in, wave, spiral, gyrate, curl, curve
7. (verb) curl, wave
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Synonyms: kink, undulate, brandish, coil, curl, roll, curl up, draw in, wave, beckon, flap, loop, curve, flourish
8. (verb) curl
play the Scottish game of curling
Synonyms: draw in, curl up, kink, wave, loop, coil, curve
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