curl
     n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
           {coil}, {whorl}, {roll}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {gyre},
           {scroll}]
     2: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto
        discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry
        (born in 1933) [syn: {Robert Curl}, {Robert F. Curl}, {Robert
        Floyd Curl Jr.}]
     3: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: {lock}, {ringlet}, {whorl}]
     v 1: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
          the ceiling" [syn: {curve}, {kink}]
     2: shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under
        the covers"; "She fell and drew in" [syn: {curl up}, {draw
        in}]
     3: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: {coil}, {loop}]
        [ant: {uncoil}]
     4: twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
        [syn: {wave}]
     5: play the Scottish game of curling
Source: WordNet® 2.0