Translation for 'to curl' from English to French

to curl

se boucler

friser [cheveux]

boucler [cheveux]

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curl

boucle {f} (de cheveux)

curl [of lip, moustache]

retroussis {m} [littéraire] [lèvre, moustache]

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to curl up

se ramasser

raser les murs [loc.] [se faire tout petit]

s'enrouler sur lui-même [animal]zool.

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kiss curl

accroche-cœur {m}

kiss-curl

accroche-cœur {m}

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to curl one's hair

boucler ses cheveux

se friser les cheveuxcosm.

to curl one's lips

retrousser les lèvres

to curl oneself up

se recroqueviller

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to curl up into a ball

se rouler en boule [animal, personne]

to curl up into a ball [person]

se recroqueviller

• In about 1930 Switzerland began to use "grilled gum", a light grill applied along the gum to counteract the tendency for gummed stamps to curl.
• Because of this, the shell provides protection at the same time as permitting the chiton to flex upward when needed for locomotion over uneven surfaces, and even allows the animal to curl up into a ball when dislodged from rocks.
• The thick side seam required that the side seam end juncture at the end curl to have more metal to curl around before closing in behind the Body Hook or flange, with a greater opportunity for error.
• Pepperoni has a tendency to curl up from the edges in the heat of a pizza oven.
• Due to their lack of speed and their inability to bite or sting, millipedes' primary defence mechanism is to curl into a tight coil – protecting their delicate legs inside an armoured exoskeleton.

• The woylie builds its dome-shaped nest in a shallow scrape under a bush, and is able to curl its tail to carry bundles of nesting material.
• The flare/burr should be turned away from the die. It is used to curl a material of specific thickness. Tool steel is generally used due to the amount of wear done by operation.
• This behaviour is almost always preceded by the queen turning around the pedicel before starting to curl.
• Neil quits the rink, and is replaced by Gordon. However, in the second to last match, Gordon once again throws out his back and is unable to curl. However, Chris and his rink manage to win the match.
• A tendon in the rear of the leg running from the underside of the toes to the muscle behind the tibiotarsus will automatically be pulled and tighten when the leg bends, causing the foot to curl and become stiff when the bird lands on a branch.

• He found that when he snipped a tendril off of a pea plant and placed it in the light, then repeatedly touched one side of it, the tendril would begin to curl.
• The root hairs curled in the direction of the application, demonstrating the action of a root hair attempting to curl around a bacterium.
• Uusipaavalniemi lives in Helsinki. He is divorced and has three children. His older brother Jussi taught him how to curl.
• The ewes' horns are much smaller and lighter and do not tend to curl.
• Squirrel gliders are able to curl their tails around branches to hold on.

• In "Godzilla: Final Wars", Anguirus was redesigned with the ability to curl himself into a ball and propel himself forward with tremendous speed.
• Early North American railroads used iron on top of wooden rails as an economy measure but gave up this method of construction after the iron came loose, began to curl, and intruded into the floors of the coaches.
• The SkyCouch has earned the nickname "cuddle class" by media reporting on the innovative seating, from the ability for couples to curl up and "cuddle" together on the [...] flat surface.
• Some combinations of amino acids will tend to curl up in a coil called an α-helix or into a sheet called a β-sheet; some α-helixes can be seen in the hemoglobin schematic above.