Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To make, or become, coiled

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The snake coiled up.

    ruЗмея свернулась в клубок. — Selena777

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The snake coils itself up.

    deDie Schlange rollt sich selbst zusammen. — Espi

    orcrist · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. In the kitchen a kettle was singing on the fire, and a large black cat lay coiled up in the basket.

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

coils up, coiling up, coiled up, coiled up
Base formcoil up · to coil up
3rd person singularcoils up
Present participlecoiling up
Past simplecoiled up
Past participlecoiled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoil up
he, she, itcoils up

Past simpleLesson

all personscoiled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coiled up
he, she, ithas coiled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coil up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cohortcoilcoinA2coincideB2coincidenceB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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