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Definition of Curl up
1. Verb. Shape one's body into a curl. "She fell and drew in"
Related verbs: Attract, Draw, Draw In, Pull, Pull In
Generic synonyms: Bend, Flex
Derivative terms: Curl
Definition of Curl up
1. Verb. (transitive of hair) to curl, make curly, shape into curls ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to become curly ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to coil or shrivel, make into a coil ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to become coiled or shriveled ¹
5. Verb. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curl Up
Literary usage of Curl up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to which is Appended an English by Lorrin Andrews (1865)
"To curl up ; to contract, as a wound. See MENE, v. 4. To fear ; to shrink with
fear ; to be afraid ; to be sad from fear. [E-NE-ME-NE. s. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... to crumple, curl up ; krumm, curved ; Du. krommen, to crook, curve. ... (E.)
Frequentative oi obs. crump, to curl up. From crump-, weak grade of AS ..."
3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"An extensive genus of herbaceous cruciferous plants, distinguished by the nerveless
valves of the fiat narrow pod, which, when the seeds are ripe, curl up ..."
4. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"... va to curl curl up, turn up, shrink up, shrivel ; (son c/zn penn) to cock up.
... vr to curl or curl up. shrink up, turn up. RECORDER, nit-kIr-dt, ..."
5. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... ku, то FOLD, curl up, roll up, close, ... curl up, as in sleep : to bring
one's shoulders together ..."
6. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"“When you go to bed do you lie stretched straight out, or do you curl up ? ...
If you don't curl up, you might lie slantwise, see? with your head in ..."
7. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"group or heap up ; make up in parcels, tie together ; regroup ; REFL. : be heaped
up ; curl up, twist, -'pof, M. : twisting up ; complication. ..."
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