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Cupping
- verb - a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
- form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
- put into a cup; "cup the milk"
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
Curbing
- verb - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Curling
- verb - a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- of hair having curls
- play the Scottish game of curling
- shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
- wind around something in coils or loops
Currant
- noun - any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams
- any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
- small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking
Current
- adjective - a flow of electricity through a conductor; "the current was measured in amperes"
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
- occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
Cursing
- verb - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
- heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
- utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Curtana
- - The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.
Curving
- verb -
- bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
- having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Cushing
- noun - United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)