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floc — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  • flake noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
  • jib noun A triangular sail set at the front of a sailboat, ahead of the mainmast.
  • lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • tuft noun A small bunch of hair, grass, feathers, or similar strands bunched together at the base.

Senses

floc is used for these senses in English:

  • curl A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
  • flake A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
  • jib (nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
  • strand An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
  • tuft A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.

curl — full definition

  1. noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  2. noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
  3. verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.

flake — full definition

  1. noun A small, thin, flat piece that has broken off something larger.
  2. noun An unreliable person who often cancels plans or fails to follow through.
  3. verb To back out of plans or fail to follow through on a commitment.
  4. verb To break off in small thin pieces.

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