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curl·y
(kûr′lē)adj. curl·i·er, curl·i·est
1. Having curls.
2. Having the tendency to curl.
3. Having a wavy grain: curly maple wood.
curl′i·ly adv.
curl′i·ness n.
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curly
(ˈkɜːlɪ)adj, curlier or curliest
1. tending to curl; curling
2. having curls
3. (Forestry) (of timber) having irregular curves or waves in the grain
4. Austral and NZ difficult to counter or answer: a curly question.
ˈcurliness n
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curl•y
(ˈkɜr li)adj. curl•i•er, curl•i•est.
1. curling or tending to curl: curly hair.
2. having curls.
3. (of wood) having a grain with a rippled or undulating appearance: curly maple.
[1720–30]
curl′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | curly - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair" straight - (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" |
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curly
adjective wavy, waved, curled, curling, fuzzy, kinky, permed, corkscrew, crimped, frizzy She had curly dark hair and black eyes.
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Translations
أجْعَد، مُتَجَعِّدمُجَمَّد
kadeřavýkudrnatý
krøllet
kihara
kovrčav
liîaîur, krullaîur
巻き毛の
곱슬머리의
kodrast
lockig
หยักศก ที่เป็นลอน
kıvırcıkbukleli
xoăn
curly
[ˈkɜːlɪ] ADJ (curlier (compar) (curliest (superl))) [hair, eyelashes, lettuce] → rizado; [writing] → de trazo ondulado, lleno de floriturasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
curly
[ˈkɜːrli] adj [hair] → bouclé(e); (tightly curled) → frisé(e)curly-haired [ˌkɜːrliˈhɛərd] adj → aux cheveux bouclés; (with tight curls) → aux cheveux friséscurly lettuce n → laitue f friséeCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
curly
adj (+er) hair → lockig; (tighter) → kraus; tail → geringelt; lettuce → kraus; leaf → gewellt; pattern, writing → verschnörkelt; she was much curlier → ihr Haar war viel lockiger
n (inf, = person) → Krauskopf m
curly
:curly bracket
n → geschweifte Klammer f
curly-haired
adj → lockig, lockenköpfig; (tighter) → krausköpfig
curly-head
n (inf) → Lockenkopf m; (tighter) → Krauskopf m
curly-headed
adj = curly-haired
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curly
[ˈkɜːlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (gen) → riccio/a, ricciuto/a; (eyelashes) → ricurvo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
curl
(kəːl) verb1. to twist or turn (especially hair) into small coils or rolls. My hair curls easily.
2. (sometimes with up) to move in curves; to bend or roll. The paper curled (up) at the edges.
noun1. a coil of hair etc.
2. the quality of being curled. My hair has very little curl in it.
ˈcurler noun an object round which hair is rolled to make it curl, fastened in the hair.
ˈcurly adjectivecurly hair.
ˈcurliness nouncurl up
to move or roll into a position or shape. The hedgehog curled (itself) up into a ball.
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curly
→ مُجَمَّد kudrnatý krøllet lockig κατσαρός rizado kihara frisé kovrčav riccio 巻き毛の 곱슬머리의 krullend krøllet kręcony cacheado, encaracolado курчавый lockig หยักศก ที่เป็นลอน kıvırcık xoăn 卷曲的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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