Coil - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
- a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
- tubing that is wound in a spiral
- reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
verb
black smoke coiling up into the sky
- wind around something in coils or loops (syn: curl, loop)
Extra examples
She coiled the loose thread around her finger.
A long scarf was coiled around her neck.
The cat coiled up into a ball.
The snake coiled around its prey.
The dog coiled up in the corner by the fire.
The snake was coiled up on the ground outside the hut.
The belt had coiled itself round the wheel, stopping the motor.
Coil the end of the string round your finger, so that the toy plane can't get loose.
The snake coiled around the branches of the tree.
Her long hair was coiled up in a plait at the top of her head.
He coiled the rope.
She had a mass of golden hair , which she wore in a coil at the nape (=back) of her neck.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: coil
he/she/it: coils
present participle: coiling
past tense: coiled
past participle: coiled
singular: coil
plural: coils
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