1. (

• coil ,
• whorl ,
• roll ,
• curl ,
• curlicue ,
• ringlet ,
• gyre ,
• scroll

) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) ;

2. (

• Curl ,
• Robert_Curl ,
• Robert_F._Curl ,
• Robert_Floyd_Curl_Jr.

) American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) ;

3. (

• lock ,
• curl ,
• ringlet ,
• whorl

) a strand or cluster of hair ;

1. (

• curl ,
• curve ,
• kink

) form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" ;

2. (

• curl_up ,
• curl ,
• draw_in ,

) shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" ;

3. (

• coil ,
• loop ,
• curl ,

) wind around something in coils or loops ;

4. (

• curl ,
• wave ,

) twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please" ;

5. (

• curl

) play the Scottish game of curling ;