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  • 11curl up — {v.} 1a. To become curly or wavy. * /Bacon curls up when it is cooked./ 1b. To roll oneself into a ball. * /Tim curled up in bed and was asleep in five minutes./ 2. See: FOLD UP …

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  • 12curl\ up — v 1a. To become curly or wavy. Bacon curls up when it is cooked. 1b. To roll oneself into a ball. Tim curled up in bed and was asleep in five minutes. 2. See: fold up …

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  • 13сворачиваться — СВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. свернуться). Изменять (изменить) начальное положение (форму, позу), сжавшись и подтянув ноги (о человеке, животных) [impf. (in this sense) to roll oneself up into a ball]. Петр сердился, когда обнаглевший кот занимал… …

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  • 14bheld- —     bheld     English meaning: to knock, hit     Deutsche Übersetzung: “pochen, schlagen”     Note: perhaps originally d present of the onomatopoeic word bhel     Material: From Gmc. probably in addition M.L.G. bolte(n) “ bolt for a door, dart,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 15derbh- —     derbh     English meaning: to wind, put together, *scratch, scrape, rub     Deutsche Übersetzung: “winden, zusammendrehen”     Material: O.Ind. dr̥bháti “joined, patched together, winded “, participle sándr̥bdha “group of shrubs planted… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 16writhe — v. & n. v. 1 intr. twist or roll oneself about in or as if in acute pain. 2 intr. suffer severe mental discomfort or embarrassment (writhed with shame; writhed at the thought of it). 3 tr. twist (one s body etc.) about. n. an act of writhing.… …

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  • 18u̯el-7, u̯elǝ-, u̯lē- —     u̯el 7, u̯elǝ , u̯lē     English meaning: to turn, wind; round, etc..     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden, wälzen”     Note: extended u̯el(e)u , u̯l̥ ne u , u̯(e)lei (diese also “umwinden, einwickeln = einhũllen”)     Material: A.… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 19enroll — en•roll or en•rol [[t]ɛnˈroʊl[/t]] v. rolled, roll•ing or rol•ling 1) to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; register 2) to make officially a member of a group 3) to enlist (oneself) 4) to put in a record; record 5) to roll or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20turn — v 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic. trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the… …

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