curl
Bicep-building lift
The idea of a curve or roundedness is present in meanings of curl.
Hair, eyelashes, toes, and lips are all subject to curling, though only the first two are beauty treatments.
When you curl your body, you bring it into a fetal-like position.
A curl is the result of curling, especially of hair.
If you’re doing curls at the gym, you’re bending a limb with weight attached.
To curl is also to participate in the sport of curling.
Spiral lock of hair
- spiralCurve winding around center
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- tressLock of hair
kink · frizz · perm · afro · boucle · wave · tendril · strand
Curve winding around center
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- loopCurve closing on itself
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- scrollWound document of parchment
tendril · corkscrew · serpentine · sinuous · winding · flourish · swirl · meander
Arm flexor muscle
- dumbbellHandheld exercise weight
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- repStanding, briefly
- flexTense a muscle
contraction · muscle · weightlifting · forearm · hammer · preacher · concentration · incline
Wave that collapses shoreward
- crestHighest point or tuft
- surfWaves near shore
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- tubeHollow cylindrical passage
swell · foam · whitecap · spray · ripple · beach · ocean · surfing
Quantity with direction
- gradientRate of change across space
- rotationTurning on an axis
- fieldArea of specialty
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
circulation · flux · differential · operator · mathematics · calculus · tensor · flow
ringlet
Spiral lock of hair
tress · kink · frizz · perm · afro · boucle · wave · tendril · strand · bounce
spiral
Curve winding around center
scroll · tendril · corkscrew · serpentine · sinuous · winding · flourish · swirl · meander · ringlet
bicep
Arm flexor muscle
flex · contraction · muscle · weightlifting · forearm · hammer · preacher · concentration · incline · cable
breaker
Wave that collapses shoreward
tube · swell · foam · whitecap · spray · ripple · beach · ocean · surfing · pipeline
vector
Quantity with direction
divergence · circulation · flux · differential · operator · mathematics · calculus · tensor · flow · angular
- groomingbrushing teeth, clean shave, bathe, groomed, haircut
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- curvesarc, curves, bend, spiral, swirls
- enclosingenvelop, surround, wrap, encircle, encase
- salonhairdresser, beautician, stylist, hairstylist, nail tech
- curl upDraw limbs inward cozily
- curled upBody folded compactly
- curling upDrawing limbs inward
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- learning curveRate of skill acquisition
- curly hairLocks that coil naturally
curve, curly, curvy, curled, curls, curling, uncurl, curlers, curler