1. A game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
   "Canada excels at curling in international competitions"

1. (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
   "Her curling hair framed her face beautifully";
   - curled

1. Form a curl, curve, or kink
   "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling";
   - curve, kink
    
2. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   "curl my hair, please";
   - wave
    
3. Wind around something in coils or loops
   "The vine curled up the trellis";
   - coil, loop
    
4. Shape one's body into a curl
   "She curled farther down under the covers";
   - curl up, draw in
    
5. (sport) play the Scottish game of curling
   "They curled every weekend during the winter"

Derived forms: curlings

See also: curly

Type of: bend, change surface, flex, game, play, roll, twine, twist, wind[2], wrap

Encyclopedia: Curling, John