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You can make 6 words from curl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of curl

curl ucrl crul rcul urcl rucl culr uclr clur lcur ulcr lucr crlu rclu clru lcru rlcu lrcu urlc rulc ulrc lurc rluc lruc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word curl. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in curl.

Definitions and meaning of curl

curl

Etymology

From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian krull (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɜːl/, [kʰəːɫ]
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɜɹl/, [kʰɝɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Noun

curl (plural curls)

1. A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
2. A curved stroke or shape.
3. A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
4. (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
5. (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
   • 2007 (Jan/Feb), Jon Crosby, "Your Winter Muscle Makeover", Men's Health, page 54:

     Now do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.

6. (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.

7. (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted ${\displaystyle {\rm {{curl}\;}}}$ or ${\displaystyle {\vec {\nabla }}\times {\vec {\left(\cdot \right)}}}$, that generates this field.
8. (agriculture, phytopathology) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
9. (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.

10. (American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
11. (baking, chiefly in the plural) A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.

Synonyms

• (curving lock of hair): ringlet
• (curved stroke or shape): curlicue, curve, flourish, loop, spiral

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "weightlifting exercise"): extension

Coordinate terms

• (calculus): gradient, divergence, rotational

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Verb

curl (third-person singular simple present curls, present participle curling, simple past and past participle curled)

1. (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
2. (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
3. (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
4. (intransitive) To move in curves.
5. (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.

6. (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
7. To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
8. To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
9. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
10. (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

Synonyms

• (to make into a curl or spiral): arch, coil, roll up
• (to assume the shape of a curl or spiral): coil, roll up
• (to move in curves): curve, spiral

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to make into a curl or spiral"): straighten, uncoil, unroll
• (antonym(s) of "to assume the shape of a curl or spiral"): straighten, uncoil, unroll

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See also

• coil

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.