curl
						
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								/kɜɹl/
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								/kɜːl/
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								[kʰəːɫ]
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								[kʰɝɫ]
								
							
						
					 
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									- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
 
								
							 
						
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							aallottaa
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									- (transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
 
								
							 
						
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							kiemurrella,
							kiepauttaa,
							luikerrella,
							luikertaa,
							mutkitella,
							pyöräyttää
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									- (transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
 
								
							 
						
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							kiertää,
							kihartaa,
							käpristää,
							rullata,
							taivuttaa
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									- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
 
								
							 
						
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							kihartaa
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									- (intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
 
								
							 
						
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							kihartua,
							käpristyä,
							mennä rullalle,
							rullautua
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									- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
 
								
							 
						
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							koristella
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									- (intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
 
								
							 
						
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							kurlata,
							pelata curlingia
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									- (transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
 
								
							 
						
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							pumpata
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									- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
 
								
							 
						
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							taivuttaa
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						curl
						
							noun
							
						
					
					
						
						
							 
							
								/kɜɹl/
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								/kɜːl/
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								[kʰəːɫ]
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								[kʰɝɫ]
								
							
						
					 
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									- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
 
								
									- A curved stroke or shape.
 
								
							 
						
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							kihara
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									- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
 
								
									- (curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
 
								
							 
						
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							kierre
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									- (music, chiefly, lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
 
								
							 
						
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							loimukuvio
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									- (agriculture, phytopathology, uncountable) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
 
								
							 
						
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							polte
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									- (weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
 
								
							 
						
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							pumppaus
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									- (calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
 
								
									- (calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted \rm{curl}\; or \vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}, that generates this field.
 
								
							 
						
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							roottori
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						curling
						
							noun
							
						
					
					
						
						
							 
							
								/ˈkəɹlɪŋ/
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								/ˈkɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ/
								
							
						
					 
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									- (uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).
 
								
							 
						
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							curling
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						curls
						
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									- Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
 
								
							 
						
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							kiharat
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