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Meanings of curl up in English

Shape one's body into a curl.

Synonyms
Examples for "curl"
Examples for "curl"
1
Which means what? I curl my only working hand into a fist.
Destroy Me
2
Smooth in your styling product, whether a curl cream or light oil.
Ebony
3
Good Friday Peach leaf curl strikes in the fruit and veg garden.
The Guardian
4
The simple but sinister question made Finian curl his lip in disgust.
The irish warrior
5
Pill occupied her time in putting her few straggling locks in curl-papers.
The Secret Passage
1
Its conflicts often draw in South Africa, whose central mountains encircle it.
Reuters
2
She said Hampton had potential to draw in investors and families alike.
News.com.au
3
It had been expected to draw in U.S. investors including hedge funds.
Reuters
4
Pauline is the same Pauline who wanted to draw in monochromatic drawing.
How to Do It
5
As soon as they get a bite they draw in the line.
A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients
Usage of curl up in English
1
Gentry's study made her want to curl up with a book immediately.
Carrion comfort
2
All the petals would curl up and go brown at the edges.
In the Wilderness
3
They want to curl up on the ground and go to sleep.
Lowboy
4
All I want to do is curl up and go to sleep.
A feast for crows
5
I wanted to curl up on the floor and cry with them.
The shifter
6
Cutty, I'd like to curl up in some corner and cry, gratefully.
The Drums of Jeopardy
7
He most liked to curl up next to his father to sleep.
The preacher
8
All I could do was curl up, fly, and accept the landing.
Exit wound
9
They open briefly, like an anemone being prodded, then curl up again.
The great lover
10
She no longer felt the desperate urge to curl up and rock.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
11
Then, cave lions were happy to curl up in a windless cave.
The Valley of Horses
12
Can't I just get d-dressed, curl up and sleep for a while?
Down river
13
Mustagan says: I saw the steam curl up from a bear's den.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
14
He smiles slightly; the corners of his pale pink lips curl up.
Deadly little secret
15
Instead of running away from danger, they curl up in a ball.
Wired
16
It doesn't invite you to curl up with it on the couch.
Wired
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Curl up through the time
Curl up across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common