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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
| Synonyms: | bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | looping, forming ringlets |
| Synonyms: | coiled, convoluted, corkscrew, crimped, crimpy, crinkling, crinkly, crisp, curled, curling, frizzed, frizzy, fuzzy, kinky, looped, permed, spiralled, waved, waving, wavy, winding, wound |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | drill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool for boring |
| Synonyms: | auger, awl, bit, borer, corkscrew, countersink, dibble, gimlet, implement, jackhammer, punch, riveter, rotary tool, trepan, trephine, wimble |
| Main Entry: | entwine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
| Synonyms: | braid, coil, corkscrew, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, interplait, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | unravel, untwist, unwind |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend, twist |
| Synonyms: | coil, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, curl, curve, entanglement, frizz, knot, loop, tangle, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curling, winding |
| Synonyms: | circling, circular, circumvoluted, cochlear, coiled, corkscrew, curled, helical, helicoid, radial, rolled, screw-shaped, scrolled, tendrillar, tortile, voluted, whorled, wound |
| Antonyms: | straight, uncurling, unwinding |
| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curled shape |
| Synonyms: | coil, corkscrew, curlicue, flourish, gyration, gyre, helix, quirk, screw, volute, whorl |
| Main Entry: | twine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coil, twist together |
| Synonyms: | bend, braid, corkscrew, curl, encircle, enmesh, entangle, entwine, interlace, interweave, knit, loop, meander, plait, spiral, splice, surround, tangle, twist, undulate, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten, untwist |
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