جَعُدَ

, aorist جَعُدَ , verbal noun جُعُودَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and جَعَادَةٌ, (K,) said of hair, (S, A, Msb, K,) It was, or became, crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; (Msb;) was, or became, the opposite of سَبْط, (K,) or of مُسْتَرْسِل: (Msb:) or was, or became, short: (Kr, K:) and جَعِدَ, [aorist جَعَدَ ,] (Msb, TA,) verbal noun جَعَدٌ, (TA,) signifies the same; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ تجعّد. (K.)

(assumed tropical:) It became contracted, and compacted in lumps; (L;) as also ↓ تجعّد; (L, K; *) said of earth, (K,) or of moist earth. (L.) [The verbal noun] جُعُودَةٌ is also sometimes used in describing the state of the froth, or foam, of a camel's mouth, when it is accumulated. (S.[See جَعْدٌ.])

Also, said of a cheek, verbal noun جُعُودَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) It was rough, or coarse, and short; opposite of أَسُلَ. (L.)