coiled Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb to wind or move in a spiral course
   coil; gyrate; spiral.
   
   • 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
2. verb make without a potter's wheel
   coil; handbuild; hand-build.
   
   • This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels
3. verb wind around something in coils or loops
   coil; curl; loop.
   
4. adjective curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
   
   • a coiled snake ready to strike
   • the rope lay coiled on the deck

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