Unscramble curls

Definition of curl

noun:

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). Synonyms: coil, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl.
• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933). Synonyms: Curl, Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr..
• a strand or cluster of hair. Synonyms: lock, ringlet, whorl.

verb:

• form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling". Synonyms: curve, kink.
• shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers", "She fell and drew in". Synonyms: curl up, draw in.
• wind around something in coils or loops. Synonyms: coil, loop. Antonyms: uncoil.
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please". Synonyms: wave.
• play the Scottish game of curling.

Related words

calyx, corolla, crape, crimp, dreadlock, forelock, frizz, frizzle, kink, verticil.

Words nearby

burl, churl, cul, cull, cur, curb, curd, cure, curly, curt, furl, hurl, purl, url.

Rhymes with

birle, burl, earl, girl, hurl, merl, merle, pearl, swirl, twirl, unfurl, whirl, whirl, whorl.