form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape

her fingers curled round the microphone

a slice of ham had begun to curl up at the edges

she used to curl her hair with rags

(in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms

slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height

play at the game of curling

during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond

something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair

her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

a curl of blue smoke

a weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms

a dumbbell curl

a function giving a measure of the rotation of a vector field