CURL


Meaning of CURL in English

[curl] vb [ME, fr. crul curly, prob. fr. MD; akin to OHG krol curly] vt (14c) 1: to form (as the hair) into coils or ringlets

2: to form into a curved shape: twist "~ed his lip in a sneer"

3: to furnish with curls ~ vi 1 a: to grow in coils or spirals b: to form ripples or crinkles "bacon ~ing in a pan"

2: to move or progress in curves or spirals: wind "the path ~ed along the mountainside"

3: twist, contort

4: to play the game of curling

[2]curl n (1602) 1: a lock of hair that coils: ringlet

2: something having a spiral or winding form: coil

3: the action of curling: the state of being curled

4: a curved or spiral marking in the grain of wood

5: a hollow arch of water formed when the crest of a breaking wave spills forward

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.