curl

Synonyymisanakirja

curl

  1. karvoitus, tukka, hiukset, hiussuortuva, kihara, kiehkura, otsatukka, käherretty kihara.

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englanti

kihartaa

kiertyä kerälle

pyörittää

kihara

kiehkura A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
1866, (w), s:Behind A Mask or, A Womans Power|Behind A Mask or, A Woman's Power'', chapter 7:

(..)she took it down, looked long and fondly at it, then, shaking her curls about her face, as if to hide the act, pressed it to her lips and seemed to weep over it in an uncontrollable paroxysm of tender grief.
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A curved stroke or shape.
1995, John Curtis, Julian Reade, & Dominique Collon, Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum‎, page 184:
(..) the backs of their necks and their forelegs are decorated with curls and their necks and bodies are covered with fine, undulating lines.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
1909, Harold Horsfall Hilton, The Six Handicap Golfers Companion''http://books.google.com/books?id=fZ0XAAAAYAAJ, page 38:
It is possible to use the wind which blows from the left to the right by playing well into the wind with the slightest bit of curl on the ball …
puhekieltä Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
puhekieltä Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
2007 (Jan/Feb), Jon Crosby, "Your Winter Muscle Makeover", Mens Health'', page 54:
Now do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.
puhekieltä The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
1995, Erich Prisner, Graph dynamics:
In 2D, when Q is a polygonal domain, the singularities of Type (2) disappear because ψ is the scalar curl of u and is such that its vectorial curl is zero.

puhekieltä The vector operator, denoted \rm{curl}\; or \vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}, that generates this field.
puhekieltä Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
1840, "Farmers' Department", The Family Magazine, volume 1, http://books.google.com/books?id=aKHPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA227 page 227:
These potatoes, however, planted the next year, have a fair yield, untouched by the curl.
puhekieltä The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.

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puhekieltä To cause to move in a curve.
1998, Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch‎, p.70:
He picked the ball up about forty yards out on the left wing, left a trail of Arsenal defenders in his wake, and curled the ball round Geoff Barnett as he came right out into the far corner.
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puhekieltä To make into a curl or spiral.
2004, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Twelve Times Blessed‎, p.249:
She curls her spine; she wedges a pillow between her knees.
puhekieltä To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
1847, (w), s:Jane Eyre|Jane Eyre‎, Ch.XXXI:
It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment.
puhekieltä To move in curves.
1977, (w), Carlota‎, p.1:
Clouds curled down from the mountains.
2007, John Coyne, The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan‎, p.97:
The ball curled to a stop within six inches of the hole.
puhekieltä To take part in the sport of curling.
puhekieltä To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
2008, Joseph Lee Klapper, The Complete Idiots Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism‎'', p.119:
When curling the weight, bring the barbell up toward the chin, then return it to its starting position. Keep your elbows and upper arms as immobile as possible to isolate the biceps.
To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
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Curl their locks with bodkins and with braid.
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There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;(nb..).
To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
Thicker than the snaky locks / That curled Megaera.
Curling with metaphors a plain intention.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
Seas would be pools without the brushing air / To curl the waves.
puhekieltä To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.

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