verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cover or deck out with curls. transitive

   "[…] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]"

2. 2
   To curl; make curly. archaic, transitive

Example

More examples

"[…] all bedressed, becurled and befeathered […]"

Etymology

From be- + curl.

Related phrases

deck out

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