"curling" in the noun sense
1. curling
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
"curling" in the verb sense
1. curl, curve, kink
form a curl, curve, or kink
"the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
2. curl up, curl, draw in
shape one's body into a curl
"She curled farther down under the covers"
"She fell and drew in"
3. coil, loop, curl
wind around something in coils or loops
4. curl, wave
twist or roll into coils or ringlets
"curl my hair, please"
5. curl
play the Scottish game of curling
"curling" in the adjective sense
1. curled, curling
of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
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