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Word: curl
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- A curved stroke or shape.
- agriculture Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
- proper noun The vector operator, denoted or , that generates this field.
- calculus The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- curling Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
- weightlifting Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
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Verb:
- curling To take part in the sport of curling
- intransitive To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- intransitive To move in curves.
- transitive To cause to move in a curve.
- transitive To make into a curl or spiral.
- weightlifting To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
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