Question 1 · Quick check
curl
CEFRB1
/kɜːl/
verb · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To form or make something into a curved or spiral shape.
- 02
noun
A lock of hair or a spiral shape.
Examples
It's not the mode for young girls to curl their bangs.
On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [kʰəːɫ]
- [kʰʌrɫ]
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA curved stroke or shape.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
noun
Extra meaningA curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
More examples
In contextNow do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.
The curl of the vector field #92;vec#123;F#125;(x,y,z) is the vector field #92;operatorname#123;curl#125;#92;,#92;vec#123;F#125;#92;equiv#92;vec#123;#92;nabla#125;#92;times#92;vec#123;F#125;#61;#92;left(#92;frac#123;#92;partialF#95;z#125;#123;#92;partialy#125...
My hair doesn't have much curl.
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Origin
verb
From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian Bokmål krøll (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿...