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Adjective: curling  kur-ling
  1. (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
    - curled
Noun: curling  kur-ling
  1. A game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
Verb: curl  kurl
  1. Form a curl, curve, or kink
    "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling";
    - curve, kink
     
  2. Shape one's body into a curl
    "She curled farther down under the covers";
    - curl up, draw in
     
  3. Wind around something in coils or loops
    - coil, loop
     
  4. Twist or roll into coils or ringlets
    "curl my hair, please";
    - wave
     
  5. (sport) play the Scottish game of curling

Derived forms: curlings

See also: curly

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

Encyclopedia: Curling, Newfoundland and Labrador

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