curl

/kəːl/ · noun

Meaning

A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
A curved stroke or shape.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
To cause to move in a curve.
To make into a curl or spiral.
To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
To move in curves.
To take part in the sport of curling.
To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.

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