What is the meaning of Curl?

noun

• A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals.
  • synonyms: coil, whorl, roll, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
• American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933.
  • synonyms: Robert Curl, Robert F. Curl, Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
• A strand or cluster of hair.
  • synonyms: lock, ringlet, whorl

verb

• Form a curl, curve, or kink.
  • usage: "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
  • synonyms: curve, kink
• Shape one's body into a curl.
  • usage: "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
  • synonyms: curl up, draw in
• Wind around something in coils or loops.
  • synonyms: coil, loop
• Twist or roll into coils or ringlets.
  • usage: "curl my hair, please"
  • synonyms: wave
• Play the Scottish game of curling. .