verb Download 🔗Share To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece. Examples : "A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart." action process technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center. Examples : "The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier." action process nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To wind cylindrically or spirally. Examples : "The snake coiled itself before springing." action process nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils. Examples : "The snake was slowly coiling around the branch, holding on tight. " action nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The pattern or motion of something that coils. Examples : "The coiling of the garden hose made it difficult to store neatly. " nature physics action style appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling. Examples : "Because of the threat of magnetic mines, the naval shipyard prioritized the coiling of the new destroyers. " nautical technology military physics science technical process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading