Coiled

verb

/kɔɪld/

Word Frequency: 1.7

Definitions

1.verbTo wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

"A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart."

2.verbTo wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

"The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier."

3.verbTo wind cylindrically or spirally.

"The snake coiled itself before springing."

4.verbTo encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

5.adjectiveIn the form of coils; having coils.

"a coiled serpent"

6.adjectivePrepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.

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