coil
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpieceTo wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
» Her hair hung in neat coils.
Meaning
5 sensesTo 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.
свёртыватьsvjórtyvatʹ
ви́тиvýty, завива́тиzavyváty, зави́тиzavýty
wind around something in coils or loops
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
нама́тыватьnamátyvatʹ
намо́туватиnamótuvaty, намота́тиnamotáty
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
to coil a rope when not in use
The snake coiled itself before springing.
to wind or move in a spiral course
To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
(obsolete, rare)To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
a. 1757, Thomas Edwards, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
Examples
21 sentencesHer hair hung in neat coils.
That rope has to be coiled.
deDas Seil muss aufgewickelt werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The snake coiled around my cock.
It's a large ring of magnetic coil.
deEs ist eine große ringförmige Magnetspule. — Yorwba
Ziri cleaned the coil of the air conditioner.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, culFrom Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.
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Forms
coils, coiling, coiled, coiledSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle