curl

Etymology
From metathesis of, from , , ultimately from , of origin; possibly from  , contracted from , same source as 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related also to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
 * 2) A curved stroke or shape.
 * 3) A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
 * 4)  Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
 * 5)  Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
 * 6) * 2007 (Jan/Feb), Jon Crosby, "Your Winter Muscle Makeover", Men's Health, page 54:
 * Now do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.
 * 1)  The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
 * 2)  The vector operator, denoted $$\rm{curl}\;$$ or $$\vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}$$, that generates this field.
 * 3)  Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
 * 4)  The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
 * 5)  A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
 * 6)  A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
 * 1)  The vector operator, denoted $$\rm{curl}\;$$ or $$\vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}$$, that generates this field.
 * 2)  Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
 * 3)  The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
 * 4)  A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
 * 5)  A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
 * 1)  The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
 * 2)  A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
 * 3)  A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
 * 1)  A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.

Translations

 * Arabic: جَعْدَة
 * Bashkir: бөҙрә
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Czech: kudrna, kučera,
 * Danish: lok
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, penecho, frechón, grifo, carrapizo, bucre, respizo
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὄστλιγξ
 * Hebrew: (1)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: kuudra
 * Irish: cuach, coirnín
 * Italian:, , boccolo
 * Japanese:
 * Latgalian: cārta, sprūga
 * Latin: cirrus
 * Latvian: cirta
 * Maltese: nokkla
 * Manx: keshag, cassag
 * Maori: māwhatu
 * Norman: boucl'ye, corle
 * Norwegian:, kroll
 * Ottoman Turkish: مار
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kroll
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cuach, snìomh, bachal, cam-lùb, dual, camalag, clann, camag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: kučera
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: кучер
 * Welsh: cwrl


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: arricciamento
 * Russian: ,
 * Welsh: cwrl


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: pumppaus
 * Spanish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: rotacional
 * Russian:
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 * Finnish:
 * Italian: arricciamento, accartocciamento
 * Welsh: crychiad


 * Finnish: loimukuvio


 * Italian: (1),  (5)

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to move in a curve.
 * 2)  To make into a curl or spiral.
 * 3)  To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
 * 4)  To move in curves.
 * 5)  To take part in the sport of curling.
 * 6)  To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
 * 7) To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
 * 8) To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
 * 9) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
 * 10)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 * 1)  To take part in the sport of curling.
 * 2)  To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
 * 3) To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
 * 4) To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
 * 5) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
 * 6)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 * 1) To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
 * 2) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
 * 3)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 * 1) To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
 * 2)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 * 1)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 * 1)  To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, kiepauttaa
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἑλίσσω
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: snìomh


 * Bulgarian: накъдрям се
 * Finnish: kihartua, rullautua, mennä rullalle,
 * Maori: kapukapu


 * Bulgarian: извивам се
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: pelata curlingia, kurlata
 * Swedish: spela curling


 * Finnish:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: takawiriwiri


 * Finnish:


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 * French:
 * Ido: ,
 * Norman: