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Coiled
/kɔɪld/
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
📖 Definitions of "Coiled"
- 1
To 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."
- 2
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
"The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier."
- 3
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
"The snake coiled itself before springing."
- 4
To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
- 1
In the form of coils; having coils.
"a coiled serpent"
- 2
Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.
🔄 Synonyms of "Coiled"
18 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| convoluted | (figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate. |
| twisted | Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining. |
| convoluteverb | (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex. |
| involutenoun | (formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. |
| spiralnoun | (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. |
| volutenoun | (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. |
| turbinatenoun | (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone. |
| helical | In the shape of a helix. |
| spiralingnoun | Alternative form of spiralling. [Movement in a spiral.] |
| rolled | uttered with a trill |
| voluted | Having a volute, or spiral scroll. |
| coilingnoun | The pattern or motion of something that coils. |
| twined | wound or wrapped around something |
| whorled | Formed from whorls; having whorls. |
| looped | having loops |
| curled | curly |
| curled up | drawn up into a ball |
| woundnoun | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Coiled"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Coiled"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| whorled | Formed from whorls; having whorls. |
| turbinatenoun | (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone. |
| looped | having loops |
| voluted | Having a volute, or spiral scroll. |
| convoluted | (figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate. |
| spiralingnoun | Alternative form of spiralling. [Movement in a spiral.] |
| helical | In the shape of a helix. |
| twisted | Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining. |
| volutenoun | (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture. |
| convoluteverb | (transitive) To make unnecessarily complex. |
| woundnoun | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. |
| involutenoun | (formal) Difficult to understand; complicated. |
| spiralnoun | (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point. |
| curled | curly |
| curled up | drawn up into a ball |
| rolled | uttered with a trill |
| twined | wound or wrapped around something |
| wrappednoun | Encased in a wrapping. |
| chained | Bound with chains. |
| shackled | Restrained by shackles, chained. |
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