curly

«curly» in Mova's school dictionary: having curls, like hair that grows in rings or waves — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (curly, curlier, curliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Curly means having curls, like hair that grows in rings or waves. tree →

2) Curly means shaped in curves or spirals, like a curly tail or curly writing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes hair, pig tails, ribbon, fries and lettuce. In maths, curly brackets { } are used for groups of numbers (sets). In stories, curly hair helps readers picture a character. Phrases: «curly hair», «curly fries», «curly brackets».

examples

• She has long curly red hair. tree →
• A pig has a short curly tail. tree →
• We ate curly fries at the fair. tree →
• Curl the ribbon with scissors to make it curly. tree →
• His writing is very curly and hard to read. tree →
• The baby's hair is getting curlier. tree →
• In some maths books, sets are written in curly brackets. tree →

note

Comparatives: curlier, curliest (y changes to i). Opposites: «straight» (hair), «flat». Noun «curl», verb «curl». «Curly brackets» are also called braces.

In the corpora

• Picture a beach after a storm: among the seaweed lies a black leathery pouch with curly corners.
• Round follicles grow straight hair and flat or oval follicles grow curly hair, and hair shape is inherited from your family.
• When they bow, their curly wigs get tangled, and Alice has to run off to hide her laughter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «curly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.