| VERB | change | curl, curve, kink | form a curl, curve, or kink |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | curl, curl up, draw in | shape one's body into a curl | |
| contact | curl, coil, loop | wind around something in coils or loops | |
| contact | curl, wave | twist or roll into coils or ringlets | |
| competition | curl | play the Scottish game / game of curling | |
| NOUN | shape | curl, coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| person | Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr. | American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) | |
| body | curl, lock, ringlet, whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
| Sounds | ker'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | birle ... whorl: 16 rhymes with erl... | |
| Meaning | A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | |
| Narrower | calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud |
| corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | |
| verticil | A whorl of leaves growing around a stem | |
| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Spanish | forma espiral | |
| Catalan | forma espiral | |
| Verbs | curl | form a curl, curve, or kink |
| curl | wind around something in coils or loops | |
| curl | shape one's body into a curl | |
| Meaning | American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr. | |
| Instance of | chemist | A scientist who specializes in chemistry |
| Spanish | Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl | |
| Catalan | Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl | |
| Meaning | A strand or cluster of hair. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lock, ringlet, whorl | |
| Part of | hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) |
| Narrower | crimp | A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled |
| dreadlock | One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp | |
| forelock | A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | |
| sausage curl | A fat sausage-shaped curl | |
| Broader | hair | A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
| Spanish | bucle, caracol, chicho, mecha, onda, rizo, rulo, sortija, tirabuzón | |
| Catalan | anella, bucle, cargol, floc, onda, rínxol, ris, rull, tirabuixó | |
| Adjectives | curly | (of hair) having curls or waves |
| Verbs | curl | twist or roll into coils or ringlets |
| Meaning | form a curl, curve, or kink. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" | |
| Synonyms | curve, kink | |
| Entails | flex, bend, deform, twist, turn | Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form |
| Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
| Spanish | curvar | |
| Catalan | arrissar-se, arrissar, cargolar-se, cargolar, enroscar | |
| Nouns | curl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| Meaning | shape one's body into a curl. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She curled farther down under the covers" | |
| Synonyms | curl up, draw in | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Similar to | attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes |
| Nouns | curl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| Meaning | wind around something in coils or loops. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They curl the wire around the stick; The wires curl around the stick | |
| Synonyms | coil, loop | |
| Broader | wind, wrap, roll, twine | Arrange or or coil around |
| Opposite | uncoil | unwind or untwist |
| Spanish | enrollar, enroscar | |
| Catalan | cargolar-se, cargolar, enroscar, enrotllar-se, enrotllar | |
| Nouns | curl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| Meaning | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They curl their hair | |
| Example | "curl my hair, please" | |
| Synonym | wave | |
| Narrower | crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink | curl tightly |
| Broader | twist | Turn in the opposite direction |
| Spanish | encrespar, ondular, rizar | |
| Catalan | arrissar, crespar, ondular | |
| Nouns | curl | a strand or cluster of hair |
| curler | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | |
| Meaning | Play the Scottish game / game of curling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Nouns | curling | a game / game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target |
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