Usually means: Assume a comfortable, compact position.
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  1. curl up: Merriam-Webster
  2. curl up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curl up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. curl up: Vocabulary.com
  5. curl up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. curl-up, curl up: Wiktionary
  7. curl up: Dictionary.com
  8. Curl-up, Curl up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. curl up: Rhymezone
  10. curl up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. curl up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. curl up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. curl up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. curl up: Encyclopedia

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  1. curl up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (curl up)

verb:  (transitive, of hair) to curl, make curly, shape into curls
verb:  (intransitive) to become curly
verb:  (transitive) to coil or shrivel, make into a coil
verb:  (intransitive) to become coiled or shriveled
verb:  (intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.

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