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Main Entry: curl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bend, loop

Synonyms:

buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve

Synonyms:

angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: crinkle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crumple, ruffle

Synonyms:

cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: curly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: looping, forming ringlets

Synonyms:

coiled, convoluted, corkscrew, crimped, crimpy, crinkling, crinkly, crisp, curled, curling, frizzed, frizzy, fuzzy, kinky, looped, permed, spiralled, waved, waving, wavy, winding, wound

Antonyms:

straight
Main Entry: curve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bending in a shape or course

Synonyms:

arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, incurve, inflect, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, wreathe

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: entwine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: twist around

Synonyms:

braid, coil, corkscrew, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, interplait, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, wreathe

Antonyms:

unravel, untwist, unwind
Main Entry: fold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lay in creases

Synonyms:

bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle

Antonyms:

flatten, leave, unbend
Main Entry: kinky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: twisted

Synonyms:

coiled, crimped, curled, curly, frizzled, frizzy, knotted, matted, matty, rolled, tangled
Notes: quirky means strikingly unconventional or given to idiosyncrasies; kinky means showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes - or in small tight curls

Antonyms:

straight, unkinked, untwisted
Main Entry: loop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: circle, spiral

Synonyms:

arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, curve around, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, tie together, turn, twist, wind around

Antonyms:

line
Main Entry: ripple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wave

Synonyms:

coil, curl, flow, fluctuate, flutter, motion, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quiver, splash, stir, surge, sway, swell, swish, undulate, vacillate, vibrate
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