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curl up en · VERB

Meanings

1. (of hair, transitive) to curl, make curly, shape into curls
   • Rollers are a good way to curl up your hair.
2. (intransitive) to become curly
3. (transitive) to coil or shrivel, make into a coil
4. (intransitive) to become coiled or shriveled
5. (intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.
   • curl up with a good book
   • He smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. 1903, Bret Harte, The Society upon the Stanislaus:

Forms

Translations (22)

ca arraulir-se (to become coiled or shrivelled) · ga déan ceirtlín díot féin (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fr se recroqueviller (to become coiled or shrivelled) · pl zwinąć się w kłębek (to become coiled or shrivelled) · sv krypa ihop (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fr se recroqueviller (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · sv kura ihop sig (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fr se blottir (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fi kihartua (to become curly) · fi kihartaa (of hair: to shape into curls) · id meringkuk (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · pl zwinąć się w kłębek (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · it arricciarsi (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · ca arraulir-se (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fr se pelotonner (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fi käpertyä (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · fi vyyhtiä (to make into a coil) · it raggomitolarsi (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · it rannicchiarsi (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · mi hūmene (to become coiled or shrivelled) · de sich zusammenrollen (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees) · mi koropeke (to tuck one’s legs up against the abdomen and wrap arms around the raised knees)