noun
Describes hair, noodles, leaves, or other thin flexible things that are tightly curled, crimped, or frizzy. Often used in compound nouns like 縮れ毛 (curly hair) or 縮れ麺 (curly noodles).
湿気で髪に縮れが出てしまった。
My hair got frizzy from the humidity.
このラーメンは縮れ麺を使っている。
This ramen uses curly noodles.
縮れ is the noun form, while 縮れる is the intransitive verb meaning 'to become curly/frizzy'.
縮らす is the transitive verb meaning 'to make something curly/frizzy'.
Noun form of the verb 縮れる (ちぢれる), which is related to 縮む (ちぢむ, 'to shrink') and ultimately from Old Japanese. The curling sense likely developed from the idea of something shrinking and becoming wrinkled or twisted.