a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Used in a Sentence
curl
How to use curl in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for curl.
Editorial note
I miss the days where wget/curl worked to download files from the web.
Examples7
Definitions8
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of curl gathered in one view.
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
a strand or cluster of hair
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for curl.
noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
See also: coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
noun
American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
See also: Curl
noun
a strand or cluster of hair
verb
form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
verb
shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
verb
wind around something in coils or loops
verb
twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
See also: wave
verb
play the Scottish game of curling
Example sentences
I miss the days where wget/curl worked to download files from the web.
Because, you know, laziness makes people curl up in an empty bathtub and cry for 24 hours.
Damn, now all six people who insist on reading the internet via curl requests will be shit out of luck.
For some context, Daniel Stenberg is the lead developer in the widely used curl and libcurl OSS.
If so, you shouldn't care whether you run curl | sh or whether you download a tarball and unpack it, and then run the program in it.
Found Tor/PHP/curl-related posts on Stackoverflow from his real name account, but also says he changed his name/email to a fake one.
If you could standardize introductory physics courses using these, I think it could help significantly, especially when people struggle to work out the curl of a cross product or some-such strenuous vector calculation.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use curl in a sentence?
I miss the days where wget/curl worked to download files from the web.
What does curl mean?
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
What part of speech is curl?
curl is commonly used as noun, verb.