Definition of coil

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of coil is as below...

Coil (v. t.) To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing..

Lern More About Coil

Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole..
Coiling :: Coiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coi.
Querl :: Querl (v. t.) To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope..
Orlop :: Orlop (n.) The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled..
Tortile :: Tortile (a.) Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Coil :: Coil (n.) A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound..
Baculite :: Baculite (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite..
Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
Voluminous :: Voluminous (a.) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions..
Curl :: Curl (n.) To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body..
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Coiled :: Coiled (imp. & p. p.) of Coi.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us