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What does curl mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word curl? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
  2. A curved stroke or shape.
  3. A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
  4. (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
  5. (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
  6. (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
  7. (calculus) The vector operator, denoted
  8. (agriculture) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
  9. (music) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
  2. (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
  3. (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
  4. (intransitive) To move in curves.
  5. (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
  6. (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 ringlets.
  8. To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
  9. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
  10. (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
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