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Definition: Curl |
CurlNoun1. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles. 2. A strand or cluster of hair. Verb1. Form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; "The road curved". 2. Shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in". 3. Wind around something in coils or loops. 4. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please". 5. Play the Scottish game of curling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "curl" was first used: 1440. (references) |
Note: Curl \Curl\ (k[^u]rl), transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Curled(k[^u]rld); Curling.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A vector operation upon a vector field which represents the rotation of the field, related to the circulation of the field at each point. The curl is invariant with respect to coordinate transformations and is usually written "curl F" of " * F" where is the del-operator. In Cartesian coordinates, if F has the components Fx, Fy, Fz the curl is Expansions in other coordinate systems may be found in any text on vector analysis. The curl of a two-dimensional vector field is always in a field of solid rotation it is equal to twice the angular velocity. Occasionally the vorticity is defined as one-half the curl.The curl of a two dimensional vector field is always normal to the vectors of the field; this is not necessarily true in three dimensions. Compare divergence. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The vector quantity equal to the limit of the integral over a closed surface of the vector product of the surface element and the vector field divided by the volume contained by the surface when all its dimensions become infinitesimal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | A number of sensitized materials, in particular, papers, tend to curl after processing. This is because of the difference between the shrinkage of the emulsion coating and its support. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A roughly-hewn block of timber cut from a crotch and intended for cutting into veneers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Spiral yarn is made by plying 2 different-size yarns together and feeding the heavier yarn in excess so that it curls round the lighter one. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Change in shape over the whole surface of a sheet of paper or board such that the sheet strives to roll itself into a cylindrical form. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article is about curl in mathematics. You may want Curl programming language.
In vector calculus, curl is a vector operator that shows a vector field's tendency to rotate about a point. Common examples include:
In mathematics the curl is noted by:
- In a tornado the winds are rotating about the eye, and a vector field showing wind velocities would have a non-zero curl at the eye, and possibly elsewhere (see vorticity).
- In a vector field that describes the linear velocities of each individual part of a rotating disk, the curl will have a constant value on all parts of the disk.
- If a freeway was described with a vector field, and the lanes had different speed limits, the curl on the borders between lanes would be non-zero.
where is the vector differential operator del, and F is the vector field the curl is being applied to, and is composed of [Fx, Fy, Fz].
Expanded, is
A simple way to remember the expanded form of the curl is to think of it as:
or as the determinant of the following matrix:
where i, j, and k are the unit vectors for the x, y, and z axes, respectively.
Note that the result of the curl operator acting on a vector field is not really a vector, it is a pseudovector. This means that it takes on opposite values in left-handed and right-handed coordinate systems (see Cartesian coordinate system). (Conversely, the curl of a pseudovector is a vector.)
See also:
- Gradient
- Divergence
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Curl."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Curl programming language is a language designed to create web content. It aims at replacing HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript with one unified formalism. It is not widely used.
External link
Reference: Curl corporation website
Curl Contents Language is an internet programming language that allows to create interactive web pages.
It is
Curl applets written in the Curl language can be viewed by means of Curl Surge, a plug-in for web browsers.
- a markup language like HTML. Text will be shown as text.
- an object-oriented programming language like Java. It supports multiple inheritance.
Curl Contents Language and Curl Surge are a trademark of Curl Corporation
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Curl programming language."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CURL | English | Consortium of University Research Libraries | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CurlSynonyms: curlicue (n), gyre (n), lock (n), ringlet (n), roll (n), scroll (n), whorl (n), coil (v), curl up (v), curve (v), draw in (v), kink (v), loop (v), wave (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: uncoil (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bubble | Cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead. |
Contempt | Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful). |
Convolution | Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross). |
Coil, roll, curl; buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle; tendril; scollop, scallop, escalop; kink; ammonite, snakestone. | |
Curvature | Verb: be curved; Adjective: curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag; deviate; curl, turn; reenter. |
Curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion; inflection, inflexion; concameration; arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity, recurvation; sinuosity. | |
Render curved; Adjective: flex, bend, curve, incurvate; inflect; deflect, scatter; refract (light); crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle. | |
Fold | Verb: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute,frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather. |
Roughness | Brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock; beaucatcher; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Curl |
| English words defined with "curl": Beaucatcher, Becurl, break ♦ Calamistrate, Calamistrum, convolute, convolve, cower, crape, crimp, crimper, Crimple, curl up, curler, curliness, Curlingly, curve ♦ damply, double, double over, double up, draw in ♦ Earlock ♦ Friz, Frizette, frizz, frizzle, Frounce ♦ hair curler, huddle ♦ kink, kink up, kiss curl ♦ moistly ♦ Papillote, pin curl ♦ roller ♦ sausage curl, spit curl, straightness ♦ Toupet ♦ Upcurl, Upwreath. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "curl": brim buster, BRIM CURLER, BRIM IRONER, HAND, brim plater, BRIM PRESSER I, brim setter, BRUSH MATERIAL PREPARER ♦ compressional wave, curling tendency ♦ gummed-tape-press operator ♦ HAIR-BOILER OPERATOR, hat-brim curler, Heart-breaker ♦ ITCH ♦ Love-lock ♦ NAPOLEON, Newgate Knocker ♦ PROCESS-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ silk-top-hat-body maker ♦ The green room, TOP-HAT-BODY MAKER ♦ vorticity equation. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "curl": Upcurl. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I can barely curl my fingers now. (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; writing credit: Jeff Stockwell) Rain usually makes me feel mellow: curl up in a corner time, slow down, smell the furniture (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) | |
Lyrics | Every curl in your hair ((Wanna Get To Know You) That Good!; performing artist: Shania Twain) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Velocity Field for Fluid Flow Thru a Tube" by Tom Tredon. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A (the curvature), B (the inner diameter), or C (the speed of the fluid flow). Inspired by a drawing on page 3 of Harry Schey's "Div, Grad, Curl, and All That", 2nd edition. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info. |  | Curl. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dog: You certainly have an advantage : Goat: Why so? : Dog: Why, the summer showers don't take the curl out of your horns. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "North Curl Curl Beach" by Jon Sepúlveda Commentary: "One of Sydney's best kept secrets." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She picked up the fork and combed the boiling grease and brought out a dark curl of crisp pork |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Within the muscles, the worms curl into a ball and encyst (become enclosed in a capsule). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ITCH, n. The patriotism of a Scotchman. J J is a consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel -- than which nothing could be more absurd. Its original form, which has been but slightly modified, was that of the tail of a subdued dog, and it was not a letter but a character, standing for a Latin verb, jacere, "to throw," because when a stone is thrown at a dog the dog's tail assumes that shape. This is the origin of the letter, as expounded by the renowned Dr. Jocolpus Bumer, of the University of Belgrade, who established his conclusions on the subject in a work of three quarto volumes and committed suicide on being reminded that the j in the Roman alphabet had originally no curl. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Curl" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 53.75% of the time. "Curl" is used about 387 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 53.75% | 208 | 21,075 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 28.68% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 17.57% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Total | 100.00% | 387 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "curl" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Curl | Last name | 2,000 | 6,975 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "curl": curl cloud ♦ curl itself up ♦ curl of hair ♦ curl of the lip ♦ curl of the lips ♦ curl one's lip ♦ curl one's lips ♦ curl up ♦ kiss curl ♦ leg curl ♦ make smb.'s hair curl ♦ pin curl ♦ sausage curl ♦ spit curl ♦ transverse curl. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "curl": curl-haired, curl-paper, curl-tip. | |
Ending with "curl": kiss-curl, pin-curl, rough-curl. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rip curl | 292 | curl rag | 18 |
curl | 160 | anti curl rusk | 18 |
curl hair | 81 | concentration curl | 17 |
curl up and die | 77 | curl jheri | 17 |
rip curl watch | 66 | curl leaf | 16 |
preacher curl | 51 | curl straw | 16 |
spiral curl | 49 | rip curl girl | 15 |
bicep curl | 39 | curl reverse | 15 |
leg curl | 35 | preacher curl bench | 14 |
curl hammer | 35 | curl hair style | 14 |
curl bar | 30 | olympic curl bar | 13 |
curl pin | 26 | american curl | 13 |
curl jerry | 26 | arm curl | 13 |
peach leaf curl | 24 | curl grand le | 13 |
curl leaf tomato | 24 | curl giggle | 12 |
rip curl wetsuits | 23 | american curl cat | 11 |
cheer curl | 22 | barbell curl | 11 |
curl french | 21 | short hair curl | 11 |
curl s | 19 | curl dry | 10 |
curl friend | 18 | biceps curl | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "curl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | roer (actuate, froth, move, stir, whip, whirl). (various references) | |
Albanian | përdridhem (coil, wriggle, writhe), përdredhje (convolution, kink, Rick, sprain, squirm, torsion, turn, twist, wrench, wrick), përdredh (intertwist, luxate, screw, sprain, turn, twine, warp, wrick, wring), mblidhem (assemble, bank, build up, collect, contract, convene, cringe, crowd, crowd together, draw, duck, forgather, huddle, mass, meet, mob, pile up, reunite, roll by, roll up, shrink), kaçurrel (crimpy, crisp, curly, down, frizzly, frizzy, lock, ringlet, ringleted, ringlety, tress), gjarpëroj (coil, meander, take a winding course, twine, weave, wind, wind up), dredhje (tortuosity, trill), dredh (cast, convulse, friz, frizz, roll, shake, spin, twist, vibrate, wriggle), bukël (coil of hair, Crimp, lock, weasel, wisp), bëj kaçurrela (friz, frizz), bëhem lëmsh. (various references) | |
Arabic | فتل (kink, lay, rope, torque, torsion, twiddle, twine, twist), موج (crimp, crisp, undulate, wave), لفة (coil, furl, roll, twist), لوى (bend, bent, contort, flex, incline, screw, turn, twist, wrench, wring, writhe, wry), لف (coil, cover, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap, fold up, furl, infold, lap, reel, roll up, rolling, spool, surround, swaddle, swathe, twine, twist, whirl, wind, winding, wrap, wrap up), حليقة (ringlet), تجعيد (crimp), تجعد (corrugate, crease, crinkle, crispiness, crumple, frizz, furrow, pucker, ruckle, seize, shrivel, wrinkle), عقصة (bob, braid, pigtail, queue), عقص الشعر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сбръчквам (shrivel, wrinkle), спирала (coil, convolute, helix, spiral, spire, volution), къдря се (crisp, wave), къдря (crisp, dimple, frizz up, frounce, wave), къдрица (friz, frizz, frizzle, kiss-me-quick, lock, ringlet), вия се (coil, creep, entwine, ramp, run, serpentine, twist, weave, wheel, wind, wound, wreathe, writhe), виене (ululation, writhe), навивам (coil, expend, fake, furl, lap, quill, roll, roll up, scroll, set, take up, tuck, tuck up, wind, wind up), букла (puff, tress), извивам (bend, convolve, curve, elbow, incurve, pull round, recurve, screw, turn, twine, twist, wreathe, wring, writhe). (various references) | |
Chinese | 捲曲 (curly), 卷毛 (kinky). (various references) | |
Czech | vlnit se (Crimp, ripple, surge, sweep, undulate, wave), spirála (coil, helix, spiral, spire, wreath), prstenec (coil), natoèit (crank, do, take), nakadeřit (friz, frizz, frizzle), kuèera, kroužek (band, circle, circlet, club, ring, ringer, round), kadeřit (Crimp, gauffer, goffer), kadeř (curling, lock, lock of hair, ringlet, tress). (various references) | |
Danish | tvegeblok, runding (bending, bilge, camber, curvature, fillet, rounding, roundness), rotation (rotation, spin, turnaround). (various references) | |
Dutch | krullen (curling), krul (scroll). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kirli (froth, stir, whip, whirl), frizi (do), buklo, bukli. (various references) | |
Faeroese | seta hárið (do), røra (actuate, froth, move, stir, whip, whirl), píska (froth, stir, whip, whirl), hárlokkur, greiða (account for, analyse, clarify, comb, define, deliver, determine, do, explain, furnish, supply). (various references) | |
Farsi | فردادن , فر (Splendor), پیچاندن (Contort, Crinkle, Reeve, Screw, Turquoise, Twitch, Waggle, Wrest, Wring), حلقه کردن (Fake), حلقه (Chain, Earring, Gird, Girdle, Hank, Hoop, Loop, Ran, Ring, Segment, Vortex, Whorl, Wicket, Wisp). (various references) | |
Finnish | suortuva (lock, tress), roottori (rotation, rotor, secondary), mennä kippuraan, kutri (lock), kihartua (wave), kihara (a curly, lock, wavy), kiemura (bend, coil), kiehkura (coil, lock, ringlet), käyristyminen, kähertää (wave). (various references) | |
French | friser, coiffer. (various references) | |
German | Locke (bird call, buckle, lock, tress), rotation (rotation, twist). (various references) | |
Greek | κατσάρωμα (crimp, crimpling, curling, friezing, kinking), κατσαρώνω (frizz, frizzle, make curly), μπούκλα (morsel, ringlet). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לתלתל, לפתל (bend, twist, wind), לסלסל (extol, trill), תלתל (lock, quiff, ringlet, tag, tress), סלסול (curling, trill, twirl, waving). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csavarodás (earrl, slew, slue, thwarting, torsion, twirl, twist, wrenching), hajfürt (lock, lock of hair, tress, wisp of hair), göndörödő hajfürt, fürt (bunch, cluster, raceme, stem, tress), bodor, becsavar (drive in, frizz up, furl, screw in, to furl, to involve, to roll, to roll up, to screw on), bebodorít. (various references) | |
Indonesian | cibir, keriting (crimp, kinky, mucky), ikal (curly, volute). (various references) | |
Italian | spira (coil, spire, twist, whorl), sbozzo (blank, briar root block, coquille, optical blank, pressing, wood block), rotazionale (rotation, rotational), ricciolo (lock, Lovelock, ringlet), riccio (bur, curlicue, curly, frizz, hedgehog), imbarcamento (cuping, cupping, dish, warping), boccolo (ringlet), arricciarsi (Crinkle, frizzle), arricciare (become curly, Crimp, Crinkle, dimple, frill, frizz, frizzle, pucker), accartocciamento. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 巻毛 (curly hair), 巻き毛 (ringlet), カーボン紙 (black currant, cacao, cactus, Caesar, Cairo, car lease, car life, car race, car radio, carbon paper, carcase, carcass, Carlton, carmine, carport, Casio, Cassiopeia, Cassisliqueur, chaos, chiropractic, chiropractor, cocktail, cocktail dress, cocktail glass, cocktail lounge, cocktail party, couch potato, counseling, counselor, count, countdown, counter, counter attack, counter display, counterblow, counter-propagation, counterpunch, counterpurchase, count-out, cowboy, cowboy hat, cowhide, Curlash, curler, curling, curve, Kahn, Kaiser, Kamasutra, Kashmir, kinesics, kite, kymograph, rustle, television addict). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まきげ (curly hair, ringlet), カール . (various references) | |
Korean | 컬. (various references) | |
Manx | kessey (twist, twisting), keshag (bunch, crest, crest tuft of hair, curled lock, large snowflake), feogh (twirl, whirl), curlal (curling), cassey (change, distort, flick, flounce, involve, pervert, screw, spin, squirm, swing, swirl, tangle, turn, turn over, twist, warp, whip-round, wrench, wring), cassag (cassock, knot of hair, tunic, vortex), baare (apex, cap, climax, crest of wave, end, film on milk, interval, point, ruin, summit, surface, tip, toe, top). (various references) | |
Maya | mech (to curl). (various references) | |
Norwegian | krølle (crumple). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urlcay.(various references) | |
Polish | układać włosy (do), fryzować (do). (various references) | |
Portuguese | frisar (crape, crimp, crisp, frizz, frizzle, goffer), caracol (caracole, caracul, coil, helix, snail), anel (annulus, band, circle, circlet, link, ring). (various references) | |
Romanian | colac (felloe), cârlionţa (frizzle), strâmba din, spiralã (convolution, helix, snail, spiral, spire, volute, winding), se rãsuci (convolve, curl up, spin, swirl, wheel, wind, wriggle, wriggle oneself), rãsuci (contort, convolve, dislocate, entwist, revolve, roll, screw, set, snake, spin, sprain, turn, twist, wield, wring), pãr creţ (wool), ondulaţie (dimple, Popple, undulation, wave), ondula (corrugate, crape, Crimp, crisp, float, ridge, ripple, roll, wave, wind), inel (circle, circlet, ferrule, hoop, link, Lovelock, ring, ringlet), friza (dress), fi buclat, buclã (coil, forelock, frizzle, knot, lock, loop, ringlet, ripple, tress), încreţi (corrugate, crisp, dimple, fold, frizz, frizzle, knit, pleat, purse, ridge, ripple, ruffle, shrivel, wave, wrinkle). (various references) | |
Russian | спираль (helix, snail, spiral, spire, volute), рябить (ruffle, undulate), крутить вихрь, кольцо дыма, кольцо (annuli, annulus, cattle-leader, circle, circlet, coil, collar, hoop, race, ring, wreath), вихрь (maelstrom, merry go round, reel, squall, swirl, twirl, vortex, whirl, whirlwind), виться (buzz about, climb, frizz up, ramp, twine, wave), завить (wave), завиток (quirk, tendril, volute, volution, whorl, wreath), завивка (frizzle, wave), завиваться, завивать (coif, frizz, frounce), локон (kiss curl, kiss-me-quick, lock, lovelock, ringlet, tress). (various references) | |
Scottish | cuach (a cup, bowl, cog, dish, quaich). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uvojak (curlicue, frizzle, lock, ringlet, tress, volution), uviti (convolute, implicate, pack, roll, twist, wrap), ukovrdžati (frizz up), sklupčati (ball), saviti (bend, buckle, camber, flex, fold, furl, inflect, recurve), lokna (lock), kovrdža (friz, frizz, kink). (various references) | |
Spanish | rizo (lock of hair, ringlet, ripple, ruffle), bucle (lock, loop). (various references) | |
Sranan | gespi. (various references) | |
Swedish | ringla (coil, wreathe), krusa (Crimp, Crinkle, crisp, frizz, frizzle, frounce, ripple, stand on ceremony), hårlock (coil, lock, ringlet, tress). (various references) | |
Turkish | saç lülesi (Bob, ringlet), lüle (lock, pipe bowl, pouf, pouffe, puff, ringlet, tress), kıvrılmak (be twisted, bend, crisp, curl up, frizz, frizzle, huddle up, meander, snuggle, squirm, sweep, tuck, tuck up, tuck up one's legs, twine itself, twist, twist about, wiggle, wind, wriggle, wriggle about), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind, wind up), kıvırma (bend, bending, curling, meandering, twist, twisting), kıvırcık olmak, dalgalandırmak (cause to undulate, cockle, corrugate, crisp, ripple, ruffle, undulate, vex, wave), bukle (coil, corkscrew curls, frizz, hank, lock, Lovelock, pouf, pouffe, puff, ringlet), bükmek (bend, buckle, contort, crook, curl up, curve, distort, double, entwine, entwist, flex, fold, fold down, hook, inflect, intwine, spring, strand, throw, twine, twist, wind up, wrench, wrest, wring), bükme (bend, bending, contortion, twist, wrench, wring), büklüm (fold, twist). (various references) | |
Turkmen | buяrak (curly). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кучер (coachman, frizzle, kinkle, link, ringlet, swirl, tendril, whip), витися (clamber, climb, creep, frizzle, snake, wave, wind, wreathe), закручувати (wrench), завиток (kinkle, querl, twiddle, whorl), завивка (frizzle, hair-wave, wave), завивати (becurl, crisp, frizz, frizzle, ululate, wail, wave), локон (flake). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cuộn (convolution, roll, vorticular), món tóc quăn sự uốn quăn. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cirrus, crispanti, flectamus, flectat, flectebant, flectebat, flectebatur, flecteret, flecteris, flectet, flectetur, flectitur, flecto, flexis, flexo, flexuram, flexus, torqueo. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | bocler. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | krul. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "curl": curled, curler, curlers, curlew, curlews, curlicue, curlicued, curlicues, curlicuing, curlier, curliest, curlily, curliness, curlinesses, curling, curlings, curlpaper, curlpapers, curls, curly, curlycue, curlycues. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "curl": uncurl, upcurl. (additional references) | |
Words containing "curl": uncurled, uncurling, uncurls, upcurled, upcurling, upcurls. (additional references) | |
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"Curl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aurl, carld, cerl, Cervl, Cirl, corl, crul, crural, cual, cuel, Culra, cura, curc, curel, curf, curi, curld, curlm, curn, curo, curp, curx, cuul, gurl, jurl, korl, kurl, rurl, Shurll, surl, turl, ucl, Ucrel, url. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "curl" (pronounced ker"l) |
| 2 | -er" l | birle, Burl, earl, girl, herl, hurl, swirl, merl, Merle, Pearl, twirl, unfurl, whirl, whorl. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-l-r-u" | |
-1 letter: cur. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-l-r-u" | |
+1 letter: churl, clour, cruel, curls, curly, lucre, lurch, ulcer. | |
+2 letters: carful, churls, clours, colour, colure, crural, culler, culver, curdle, curial, curled, curler, curlew, curtal, curtly, curule, cutler, fulcra, lubric, lucern, lucres, ocular, reluct, ruckle, ulcers, uncurl, upcurl, uracil. | |
+3 letters: accrual, auricle, blucher, buckler, caracul, careful, carfuls, carolus, caulker, clamour, claquer, closure, cloture, cloured, clouter, clubber, clumber, clunker, cluster, clutter, colours, colures, copular, cornual, coruler, couloir, coulter, coupler, courlan, courtly, crucial, crudely, crueler, cruelly, cruelty, cruller, crumble, crumbly, crumple, crumply, crusily, crustal, cuddler, cullers, culprit, culture, culvers, culvert, cupeler, cupular, curable, curably, curdled, curdler, curdles, curlers, curlews, curlier, curlily, curling, curtail, curtals, cutlers, cutlery, facular, flueric, fluoric, fulcrum, furcula, jocular, lacquer, lacunar, lecture, locular, lucarne, lucerne, lucerns, lucifer, luckier, luncher, lurched, lurcher, lurches, macular, nuclear, oculars, oscular, plucker, rackful, recluse, recusal, relucts, ruckled, ruckles, scruple, sculker, sculler, scurril, secular, suckler, truckle, ulcered, unclear, uncurls, upcurls, uracils, utricle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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