Dictionary Entry

curling

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈkəɹlɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To cause to move in a curve.

Origin

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Common Phrases

hair curling. curlingaround curlingiron curlingcurling smokecurling hair

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Poetry examples for “curling”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

An elm was near, to whose embraces led,
The curling vine her swelling clusters spread: 60
He view'd her twining branches with delight,

Soft-curling tendrils,
Swim backwards from our image:

As you straightened your hair;
And the white mist curling and hesitating
Like a bashful lover about your knees.

Soft-curling tendrils,
Swim backwards from our image:

As you straightened your hair;
And the white mist curling and hesitating
Like a bashful lover about your knees.

With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams,
With the rushing of great rivers,

With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams, 5
With the rushing of great rivers,

More sweet then ballad sung.
O Mary Bateman's curling hair!
I wake, and there is nothing there.

Now 'tis I see a canvassed ship, and now
Mark the bright silver curling round her prow.
I see the lark dowm-dropping to his nest,

Now 'tis I see a canvass'd ship, and now
Mark the bright silver curling round her prow.
I see the lark down-dropping to his nest.