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curls
We have found lemma(root) word of curls : curl.
Definitions
[kəːl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape
(e.g: her fingers curled round the microphone)
- (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms
(e.g: slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height)
- play at the game of curling
(e.g: during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond)
Phrases:
- make someone's hair curl
Origin
:
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul
[kəːl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair
(e.g: her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls)
- a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms
(e.g: a dumbbell curl)
- a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field
Phrases:
- make someone's hair curl
Origin
:
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul
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