verb🔗ShareTo 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."structureactiontechnicalmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo wind into loops (roughly) around a common center."The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier."actionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo wind cylindrically or spirally."The snake coiled itself before springing."structureactionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils."The garden hose coiled around the faucet, preventing it from falling. "actionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIn the form of coils; having coils."a coiled serpent"appearancestructurenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePrepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike."The athlete, coiled and ready, waited for the starting gun to fire. "attitudeactionbodyanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
