Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a curl; brought into curls.
- Having a winding grain: said of wood, as curled maple. See
maple . - In botany: much folded or crumpled, as the leaves of Cichorium Endivia.
- Affected by curl. See
curl , n. - *, *.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy.
- adjective (Com.) the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
curl .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of hair having curls
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Examples
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All he remembered was spending the rest of the 1930S and the war in the corner of a bar down on West 59th called the Unforeseen where the name curled out of the wall above the door.
Tours of the Black Clock Steve Erickson 2008
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Benny, Ana had said, his name curled forward by the rising Santa Anas.
Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007
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Smoke still curled from the barrel of the shotgun in his hands, and water dripped from the stock.
Archive 2010-02-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Smoke still curled from the barrel of the shotgun in his hands, and water dripped from the stock.
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No smoke curled from the chimney, not a barnyard fowl clucked and strutted.
War 2010
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Skating on a two-man advantage 3 minutes later, an open Bergeron curled from the left post and snapped a low shot past Norrena to give the Bruins a two-goal lead with his 12th.
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Chris Klein curled a shot inside the left post to slice the deficit in half.
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In gold script her name curled across the left lens.
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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No smoke curled from the chimney, not a barnyard fowl clucked and strutted.
War 1913
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The Kindle is great for long-term curled up reading.
Booksquare 2009
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