coil in English dictionary

  • coil

    Meanings and definitions of "coil"

    • Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
    • Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
    • (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
    • To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
    • To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
    • (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
    • noun
      Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
    • noun
      Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
    • noun
      (electrical)
      A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Entanglement; perplexity.
    • noun
      (now obsolete except in phrases)
      A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
    • verb
      To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
    • verb
      To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
    • verb
      To wind cylindrically or spirally.
    • verb
      (obsolete, rare)
      To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
    • something wound
    • intra-uterine contraceptive device
    • electrical
    • wind into regular rings
    • wind into loops
    • noise
    • noun
      a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb
    • noun
      a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
    • noun
      a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
    • noun
      a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine
    • noun
      reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
    • noun
      tubing that is wound in a spiral
    • verb
      make without a potter's wheel; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
    • verb
      to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
    • verb
      wind around something in coils or loops

    Synonyms of "coil" in English dictionary

    wrap, form, hand-build are the top synonyms of "coil" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "coil" in English dictionary

    uncoil is the antonym of "coil" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of coil

    • coil ( third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
    • coil ( plural  coils)
    • coil (plural coils)
    • coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)
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