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Adjective curled has 2 senses
- curled, curled up - drawn up into a ball; "she lay curled up in a big armchair"
Antonyms: uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
- curled, curling - having curls
Antonym: straight (indirect, via curly)
Verb curl has 5 senses
- curl, curve, kink - form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
--1 is one way to change surface
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- curl up, curl, draw in - shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
--2 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- coil, loop, curl - wind around something in coils or loops
--3 is one way to wind, wrap, roll, twine
Sample sentences:
They curl the wire around the stick
The wires curl around the stick
- curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
--4 is one way to twist
Sample sentence:
They curl their hair
- curl - play the Scottish game of curling
--5 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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