upcurl

English

Etymology

up- + curl

Verb

upcurl (third-person singular simple present upcurls, present participle upcurling, simple past and past participle upcurled)

  1. (transitive, rare) To curl up
    • Alfred Tennyson
      And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, / Rare sunrise flow'd. / And Freedom rear'd in that august sunrise / Her beautiful bold brow []

Translations

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.