{v.} 1a. To become curly or wavy. * /Bacon curls up when it is cooked./ 1b. To roll oneself into a ball. * /Tim curled up in bed and was asleep in five minutes./ 2. See: FOLD UP.
CURL UP
Meaning of CURL UP in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012