curl - noun

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

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

curl - verb

• form a curl, curve, or kink
• shape one's body into a curl
• wind around something in coils or loops
• twist or roll into coils or ringlets
• play the Scottish game of curling

curl - thesaurus

coil   curlicue   curve   gyre   kink   lock   loop   ringlet   roll   scroll   wave   whorl