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ALL meanings of coiling

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  • noun coiling Present participle of coil. 1
  • verb with object coiling to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil. 1
  • verb with object coiling to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other: He coiled the rope on the deck. 1
  • verb with object coiling to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops: She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook. 1
  • verb without object coiling to form rings, spirals, etc.; gather or retract in a circular way: The snake coiled, ready to strike. 1
  • verb without object coiling to move in or follow a winding course: The river coiled through the valley. 1
  • noun coiling a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound. 1
  • noun coiling a single such ring. 1
  • noun coiling an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator. 1
  • noun coiling a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends. 1
  • noun coiling Medicine/Medical. an intrauterine device. 1
  • noun coiling Electricity. a conductor, as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or other form. a device composed essentially of such a conductor. ignition coil. 1
  • noun coiling Philately. a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only. a roll of such stamps. 1
  • noun coiling The pattern or motion of something that coils. 0
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