Synonyms:
curl, curve, kink
Meaning: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
Synonyms:
curl_up, curl, draw_in
Meaning: shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
Synonyms:
coil, loop, curl
Meaning: wind around something in coils or loops
Synonyms:
curl, wave
Meaning: twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
Usage examples
He saw her proud lips curl.
His hair was black and bushy and seemed inclined to curl at the ends.
"This tail belonged to my little pig, for I know very well the curl at the end of it!
Mrs. Blaylock, blushing like a girl, shook her curl and gave the Colonel an arch, reproving tap.
She turned away in stoical silence, with a curl of that loathing scorn upon her lips which swelled in her heart.
It is a risky process, this love at first sight, before she has seen him in Bradstreet or he has seen her in curl papers.
Harris drew out his map again, after a while, but the sight of it only infuriated the mob, and they told him to go and curl his hair with it.
TAIL--Carried in a tight curl over the back. It should be profusely feathered so as to give the appearance of a beautiful "plume" on the animal's back.
It made her think of things which she tried to forget, and to look into a little drawer at something soft and brown that lay in a curl there, wrapped in paper.
The sun dips down, and sends a flash of glory to the zenith; and small pink clouds curl up about the rising moon, fondle her, as it were, and seem to love her.