Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curl
Participle: curled
Gerund: curling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curl |
| you | curl |
| he;she;it | curls |
| we | curl |
| you | curl |
| they | curl |
Perfect
| I | have curled |
| you | have curled |
| he;she;it | has curled |
| we | have curled |
| you | have curled |
| they | have curled |
Past
| I | curled |
| you | curled |
| he;she;it | curled |
| we | curled |
| you | curled |
| they | curled |
Pluperfect
| I | had curled |
| you | had curled |
| he;she;it | had curled |
| we | had curled |
| you | had curled |
| they | had curled |
Future
| I | will curl |
| you | will curl |
| he;she;it | will curl |
| we | will curl |
| you | will curl |
| they | will curl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curled |
| you | will have curled |
| he;she;it | will have curled |
| we | will have curled |
| you | will have curled |
| they | will have curled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curl |
| you | curl |
| he;she;it | curl |
| we | curl |
| you | curl |
| they | curl |
Perfect
| I | have curled |
| you | have curled |
| he;she;it | have curled |
| we | have curled |
| you | have curled |
| they | have curled |
Imperfect
| I | curled |
| you | curled |
| he;she;it | curled |
| we | curled |
| you | curled |
| they | curled |
Pluperfect
| I | had curled |
| you | had curled |
| he;she;it | had curled |
| we | had curled |
| you | had curled |
| they | had curled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curl |
| you | would curl |
| he;she;it | would curl |
| we | would curl |
| you | would curl |
| they | would curl |
Perfect
| I | would have curled |
| you | would have curled |
| he;she;it | would have curled |
| we | would have curled |
| you | would have curled |
| they | would have curled |
Imperative
| you | curl |
| we | Let's curl |
| you | curl |
Verbs conjugated like 'curl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'curl'
burl,
carl,
cull,
curb,
curd,
cure,
curr,
curt,
furl,
gurl,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin.
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian Bokmål krøll (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Krulle', Danish '
krølle', Danish '
krus', Swedish '
krusa'.
Verbs referencing "curl"
Dutch
curlen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] delicate, that it looks like a flying flower. At lengthened intervals a log cabin, with its little space of cleared land about it, nestles under a rising ground, and sends its thread of blue smoke curling up into the sky. It stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stumps, like earthy butchers’-blocks. Sometimes the ground is only just now cleared: the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The boy was a handsome, bright-eyed mulatto, of just Henrique's size, and his curling hair hung round a high, bold forehead. He had white blood in his veins, as could be seen by the quick flush in his cheek, and the sparkle of his eye, as he eagerly tried to speak.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] daughter. She is a quadroon, as may be seen from her fairer complexion, though her likeness to her mother is quite discernible. She has the same soft, dark eye, with longer lashes, and her curling hair is of a luxuriant brown. She also is dressed with great neatness, and her white, delicate hands betray very little acquaintance with servile toil. These two are to be sold tomorrow, in the same [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Bother ! ” said the man, peremptorily, turning to the girl; “ you go right along, and curl yourself real smart ! ” He added, giving a crack to a rattan he held in his hand, “ And be back in quick time, too ! ” ~~~ “ You go and help her, ” he added, to the mother. “ Them curls may make a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ The Lord never visits these parts, ” said the woman, bitterly, as she went nimbly forward with her work; and again the scornful smile curled her lips.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Legree shook with anger; his greenish eyes glared fiercely, and his very whiskers seemed to curl with passion; but, like some ferocious beast, that plays with its victim before he devours it, he kept back his strong impulse to proceed to immediate violence, and broke out into bitter raillery.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] curses, fled to his ship. The next Legree heard of his mother was, when, one night, as he was carousing among drunken companions, a letter was put into his hand. He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair fell from it, and twined about his fingers. The letter told him his mother was dead, and that, dying, she blest and forgave him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)