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Definition of 'COIL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) coil
to wind into continuous rings one above the other or one around the other.

2.  coil
to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops:
Coil the garden hose and hang it up.

3. (v.i.) coil
to form rings, spirals, etc.

4.  coil
to follow a winding course.

5. (n.) coil
a series of spirals or rings into which something is wound:
a coil of rope.

6.  coil
a single such ring.

7.  coil
an arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator.

8.  coil
a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.

9.  coil
an electrical conductor, as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or other form.

10.  coil
a device composed essentially of such a conductor.

11.  coil
a stamp issued in a rolled strip, usu. perforated vertically or horizontally only.

12. (n.) coil
a noisy disturbance; commotion.

13.  coil
trouble; ado.

Etymology: (1560–70; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'COIL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"

2. (noun) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

3. (noun) coil
a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine

4. (noun) coil
a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb

5. (noun) coil
tubing that is wound in a spiral

6. (verb) coil
reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit

7. (verb) gyrate, spiral, coil
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"

8. (verb) handbuild, hand-build, coil
make without a potter's wheel
"This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"

9. (verb) coil, loop, curl
wind around something in coils or loops

Definition of 'COIL'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) coil
a long piece of sth wound into a spiral
a coil of wire/rope

2. (verb) coil
to form or make into a coil
a snake coiled around a tree branch; to coil the rope

Definition of 'COIL'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) COIL
a ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound

2. (noun) COIL
fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity

3. (noun) COIL
a series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus

4. (noun) COIL
a noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion

5. (verb) COIL
to wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing

6. (verb) COIL
to encircle and hold with, or as with, coils

7. (verb) COIL
to wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around

Translation of 'COIL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to wind into loops The snake coiled (itself) round the tree.
Afrikaans: inmekaarkronkel, opdraai,	Arabic: يَلْتَف عَلى	Bulgarian: навивам
Brazilian: enroscar	Czech: ovinout se	German: (sich) winden
Danish: sno	Greek: κουλουριάζω, κουλουριάζομ	Spanish: enroscarse
Estonian: kerima	Farsi: پیچیدن	Finnish: kiertyä
French: enrouler	Hebrew: לִכרוֹך	Hindi: लपेटना
Croatian: namotati, omotati	Hungarian: felteker	Indonesian: menggulung
Icelandic: vefja	Italian: attorcigliarsi	Japanese: ぐるぐる巻く
Korean: 코일	Lithuanian: vynioti(s)	Latvian: satīt; saritināt; saritin
Malay: membelit	Dutch: kronkelen	Norwegian: kveile/rulle/vikle (opp)
Polish: owijać	Persian: پیچیدن	Pashto: تاول
Portuguese: enroscar-se	Romanian: a (se)înfăşura	Russian: свёртываться кольцом
Slovak: ovinúť (sa)	Slovenian: ovijati (se)	Serbian: obmotati
Swedish: ringla (slingra) sig	Thai: ขดเป็นวง	Turkish: çöreklenmek
Taiwanese: 盤繞	Ukrainian: згортати(ся) в кільце	Urdu: کنڈل بنانا ، بل بنانا۔
Vietnamese: cuộn	Chinese: 盘绕
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