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| curl | |
| 1. sost. riccio, ricciolo | |
| I love the curls of her hair - amo i ricci dei suoi capelli | |
| 2. sost. curva, curvatura, voluta | |
| 3. sost. (matematica) rotore (di un campo vettoriale) | |
| 4. verb. arricciare, torcere, incurvare, dare forma curva a qualcosa | |
| to curl the hair - arricciare i capelli | |
| to curl a rope - torcere una corda | |
| to curl lips - torcere le labbra | |
| 5. verb. arricciarsi, torcersi, incurvarsi, piegarsi a spirale | |
| my hair curled - i miei capelli si arricciarono | |
| his lips curled - le sue labbra si arricciarono | |
| 6. verb. curvare, muoversi con traiettoria curva o spiraliforme | |
| the cimney smoke curled up - il fumo della ciminiera saliva a spirale | |
| 7. verb. (sport) giocare a curling | |
| I curl every week - gioco a curling ogni settimana | |
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| curl | |
| 1. subst. A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet. |  |
| 2. subst. A curved stroke or shape. | |
| 3. subst. A spin making the trajectory of an object curve. | |
| 4. subst. (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line. | |
| 5. subst. (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps. | |
| 6. subst. (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field. | |
| The curl of the vector field\vecF(x,y,z) is the vector field\operatornamecurl\,\vecF \equiv \vec\nabla\times\vecF=\left( \frac\partial F_z\partial y - \frac\partial F_y\partial z, \frac\partial | |
| 7. subst. (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted\rmcurl\; or\vec\nabla\times\vec\left(\cdot\right), that generates this field. | |
| 8. subst. (agriculture) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl. | |
| 9. subst. (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame. | |
| The one-piece back is of a medium curl. | |
| 10. v. To cause to move in a curve. | |
| 11. v. To make into a curl or spiral. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To move in curves. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling. | |
| I curl at my local club every weekend. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps. | |
| 16. v. To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets. | |
| 17. v. To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament. | |
| 18. v. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. | |
| 19. v. (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve. | |
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