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curl
verb [I or T] /kɜːl/
/kɝːl/ Definition
› to make something into the shape of a curl, or to grow or change into this shape: Does your hair curl naturally, or is it permed? A new baby will automatically curl its fingers round any object it touches.Hairdressing curl your lip › to show by an upward movement of one side of your mouth that you feel no respect for something or someone: Her lip curled at what he said.Grimacing and frowning
(Definition of curl verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- cloud over phrasal verb (FACE)
- face noun (HEAD)
- frown verb
- furrow verb
- furrowed adjective
- glare verb (LOOK)
- glower verb
- grimace verb
- if looks could kill... idiom
- pout verb
- purse verb
- raise your eyebrows idiom
- roll verb (MOVE)
- roll your eyes idiom
- sb's face falls idiom
- scowl verb
- scrunch verb (MAKE SMALL)
- sneer noun
- wince verb
- withering adjective
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