"becurl" meaning in English

See becurl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: becurls [present, singular, third-person], becurling [participle, present], becurled [participle, past], becurled [past]
Etymology: From be- + curl. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|curl}} be- + curl Head templates: {{en-verb}} becurl (third-person singular simple present becurls, present participle becurling, simple past and past participle becurled)
  1. (transitive) To cover or deck out with curls. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-becurl-en-verb-FnoNllkY
  2. (transitive, archaic) To curl; make curly. Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-becurl-en-verb-VUv9tLl4 Disambiguation of Hair: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 43 57

Inflected forms

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