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becurling

becurling is the present participle and gerund of becurl.

Meaning of becurl

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.
    • […] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]1909, Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society, page 472
  2. (archaic, transitive) To curl; make curly.

Questions about becurling

What is becurling the present participle and gerund of?
Becurling is the present participle and gerund of becurl.

Words near becurling in the dictionary

  1. becuiba nuts
  2. becuna
  3. becunted
  4. becurl
  5. becurled
  6. becurling
  7. becurls
  8. becurse
  9. becursed
  10. becurses
  11. becursing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: becurling (page history and authors); becurl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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