curl
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Metathesis of crulle.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l
[edit] Noun
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curl (plural curls)
- a piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet
- a spin making the trajectory of an object curve
- (weightlifting): Any exercise performed by bending the arms or legs on the exertion, especially those that train the biceps.
- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line
- (mathematics) Vector operator corresponding to the cross product of del and a given vectorial field.
[edit] Translations
piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet
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[edit] Verb
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to curl (third-person singular simple present curls, present participle curling, simple past and past participle curled)
- to cause to curve
- to make into a curl
- (calculus) A vector field denoting the rotation per unit area of a given vector field.
- To take part in curling
- I curl at my local club every weekend.
