1 to form or make sth form into a curl or curls:
[V] His hair curls naturally. [also VN]
2 [usually +adv./prep.] to form or make sth form into a curved shape:
[V] The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep. * [VN] She curled her legs up under her.
3 [usually +adv./prep.] to move while forming into a twisted or curved shape; to make sth do this:
[V] The smoke curled steadily upwards. * The honeysuckle curled around the trunk of the apple tree. * [VN] He turned and curled the ball around the goalkeeper.
4 [V, VN] if you curl your lip or your lip curls, you move your lip upwards and sideways to show that you think sb/sth is stupid or that you are better than they are
IDIOMS see TOEn.
PHRASALVERBS
curl up
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for curl is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is curl a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, curl is tagged as verb.
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