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upcurl en · NOUN

Etymology

From up- + curl.

Meanings

  1. An upward curl.
    • She notes an upcurl on the bottom stroke of the paraphs by 'a', and the absence of a bottom stroke in those of 'b'; […] 2016, Susanna Fein, The Auchinleck Manuscript: New Perspectives, page 181:

Forms

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upcurls Number=Plur lexicographic

upcurl en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + curl.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To curl up.
    • Thus truth was multiplied on truth, the world / Like one great garden show'd, / And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd. 1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “The Poet”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 48:

Forms

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upcurling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upcurled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upcurled Tense=Past lexicographic
upcurls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (1)

nl krullen (curl up)