Curl

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

   “My hair doesn't have much curl.”

2. isim A curved stroke or shape.

   “[…] the backs of their necks and their forelegs are decorated with curls and their necks and bodies are covered with fine, undulating lines.”

3. isim A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.

   “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[…]”

4. isim Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
5. isim Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.

   “Now do a curl and an overhead press, keeping your palms facing in.”

6. isim The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.

   “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.”

7. isim The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇×⃑(·), that generates this field.
8. isim Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.

   “These potatoes, however, planted the next year, have a fair yield, untouched by the curl.”

9. isim The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.

   “The one-piece back is of a medium curl.”

10. isim A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
11. isim A thin, curved piece of chocolate used as decoration.
12. isim The concave part of a breaking wave.

    “The main object in surfing is to always remain in the curl.”

13. fiil To cause to move in a curve.

    “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.”

14. fiil To make into a curl or spiral.

    “She curls her spine; she wedges a pillow between her knees.”

15. fiil To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.

    “It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment.”

16. fiil To move in curves.

    “Clouds curled down from the mountains.”

17. fiil To take part in the sport of curling.

    “I curl at my local club every weekend.”

18. fiil To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.

    “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.”

19. fiil To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.

    “But curl their locks with bodkins and with braids”

20. fiil To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.

    “Thicker than the snakie locks / That curld Megæra.”

21. fiil To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

    “Seas would be pools without the brushing air / To curl the waves.”

22. fiil To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
23. özel isim A surname.
24. isim Ellipsis of American Curl.

    “Longhaired curls should have silky coats of medium length.”