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Word: Curl
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul
kəːl
form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape
Short Definition:form into curved shape
Examples:- her fingers curled round the microphone
- a slice of ham had begun to curl up at the edges
- she used to curl her hair with rags
(in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms
Short Definition:lift weight with forearms
Examples:- slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height
play at the game of curling
Short Definition:play at curling
Examples:- during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond
Word: Curl
Speech Type: Noun
kəːl
something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair
Short Definition:lock of hair
Examples:- her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls
- a curl of blue smoke
a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms
Short Definition:weightlifting exercise
Examples:- a dumb-bell curl
a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field.
Short Definition:mathematical function measuring rotation
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