curled

5 definitions • 6 examples

past simple and past participle of

to make something into the shape of a curl, or to grow or change into this shape:

curl naturally Does your hair curl naturally, or is it permed?

curl something around something A new baby will automatically curl its fingers around any object it touches.

to make a ball move in a curved shape by hitting or kicking it in a particular way or of a ball, to move in this way:

He curled the ball into the top right hand corner.

Peterson's free-kick curled just wide.

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.

to play the sport of curling (= a game played on ice in which stones are slid towards a target):

"Learn to curl" sessions teach you the basics of curling.